the calendars of The gomerías are a classic in disappearing, as the overgrowing of skin. The fight against the objectification of the female, as much as the protection of animals at risk of extinction, are two slogans which few dare to question. So much so that one of the kings of the decks for cars, which used the nakedness of women as a marketing strategy, had to change the focus of your calendar and set aside the models hot.
The break was in last year’s edition, when Yoko Ono and Serena Williams were some of the characters for Pirelli by Annie Leibovitz, under the concept of women known for their success in life. Now, in the edition that was just released here in the French capital, the objective of the German photographer Peter Lindbergh (who was the artistic direction of the argentine Juan Gatti) was to find the beauty in actresses over 40 years old. Clear that he chose well: Nicole Kidman and Uma Thurman were some of the selected ones for this challenge in which the portraitist had to convince the divas to discard the touch-up pilots improve the image.
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The use of the light and the black and white printing were allies in this enterprise, in which the desnudeces of yesteryear ceased to be physical, to become metaphorical: actresses who allow themselves to be seen as they are, far from the flashbulbs of Hollywood.
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Lindbergh, who is in Paris in response to the press of the world, along with Kidman, Thurman and Helen Mirren (another of the to put the body to any of the 12 months 2017), christened his work “Emotional”, to emphasize the idea of “do not create a calendar on the basis of perfect bodies, but to the sensibility and emotion, stripping the true soul of the models, desnudándolas even more than if they were naked”.
The selection of actresses included Charlotte Rampling, Julianne Moore, Penelope Cruz, and Kate Winslet, among others. “As an artist, I feel that my responsibility is to liberate women from the idea of eternal youth and perfection. The ideal of perfect beauty promoted by the society is something that is simply impossible to achieve,” said Lindbergh at a meeting for journalists at the Ritz Hotel.
Kidman, Thurman, and Mirren spoke about the empowerment of women in current society and real beauty. “Is encouraged to be one and the same,” said Kidman. “It is good to show my children that I am aging and I feel comfortable with that,” added Thurman. The one that dared to joke more with the old concept of Pirelli was Mirren, that launched: “When they called me for the calendar I thought I was going to make up the eyes of black and lips of red, but it was a disappointment”. Then, more seriously, spoke of “a cultural shift, the beginning of a new movement”.
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The three called for most young girls to break free of the stereotypes of beauty. “It is a gesture of love from Peter Lindbergh to love women as real people,” said the actress of Pulp Fiction. And Kidman sumo: “My husband prefers me natural, without makeup”. For her part, Mirren called down “the face of red carpet”, while drawing a smile forced and artificial in his face.
there Were about 200 journalists in the presentation, even if only accepted less than a dozen questions. The last one was a journalist in china, who asked Lindbergh almost like a reproach which he seemed to face east more beautiful, because in the calendar are conspicuous by their absence. The photographer was honest. “I have No idea”, he replied.
The photos were taken between may and June of this year in five locations: Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London and on the beach of Le Tourquet, France. One of the curiosities is that the artist Juan Gatti was one of the masterminds of the brand-new calendar. Famous for working on the posters for the films of Pedro Almodóvar, and for having designed several of the covers of albums of argentine rock of the ’70s, was now in charge of telling his German friend, “this yes and this no”, as described by Lindbergh. “It’s the only one that I listen to,” admitted the photographer, and he recalled: “We fight like cats and dogs”.
the launch of The calendar will have this night, her final chapter with a red carpet and gala celebration at the Cité du Cinema in Saint Denis, clasp in advance of the year that is ending and waiting for the next, to start again from January.
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