New York, special envoy
It’s Thursday New York. There is sun and heat. Are the first days of fall and the thermometer reaches 30 degrees. The last floor of the hotel Carlyle, in the Uper East Side, two blocks from the Central Park, is full of journalists. There are going to unveil the photos of the Pirelli calendar 2017, who last night was presented in society in Paris. What do Uma Thurman, one of the actresses, and Peter Lindbergh, the first photographer to sign for the third time the legendary calendar.
There are journalists from around the world sitting in rows of chairs placed in front of a chair corduroy. The organizers are asked to not take photos. On a tv of 55 inches is you will first see a video, the making off of the production. And a while after, the photos that will be part of the Pirelli Calendar 2017, also known as "The Cal", to dry. The application of save cell phones and cameras have to do with the fact that everything must be a secret. Or at least it should be up today, finally unveiled the mystery.
The meeting in New York, the Bugle participated as the only means of argentine, was made several months before the gala in Paris. Served to take him to the press the photos of the calendar and the views of one of the actresses, Uma Thurman, and the photographer.
Peter Lindbergh arrives first. Bermuda shorts, slippers, t-shirt of short sleeves and cap. "Uma Thurman is delayed in transit", an alert from the organization. The actress from Kill Bill arrives late and goes on the while, just ten minutes later, and after answering a few questions. "I love working with Peter. With him I can be myself. It’s almost like an interview that you do, but without talking, with your camera," says the actress before to apologize for leaving so quickly to attend to "other commitments".
it is Now Friday. The same room. From the window you see a piece of the Central Park, which still wears the garish green of the summer. It is the time of the interviews, hand-in-hand with Lindbergh. German, 72 years, it is one of the most influential artists of the last decades. Designers and fashion magazines choose from years ago and your particular look. But it is much more than a fashion photographer. Many after him followed his path and your different vision of the fashion photography. His tour began in Germany and came to the consecration in Paris. Then in the 80′s and 90′s, offered the image most remembered of the era of the supermodel. Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford posed for him in a remembered cover of Vogue magazine. His work crosses art museums all over the world, and currently heads up an exhibition of 220 photographs in the museum Kunsthal of Rotte rdam.
Pirelli turned to his art for the third time for version 2017 of "The Cal". And Lindbergh, true to his innovative style, sought to differentiate himself, and the two previous experiences, for the calendars for 1996 and 2002.
What was the difference between this and their previous experiences?
these Are different times. The first time was during the era of the supermodels. The second I wanted to do something different. The high heels and the bikinis were sexy, but not for me. I think that the talent is sexy, and the idea was to participate actresses that young people who had something interesting to tell, beyond being sexy. This time I wanted to make a calendar that does not have anything to do with the idea of the beauty standard current, that is not what I have. You must be very sad for a woman to see to all these models as perfect, and when they look in the mirror are unhappy because they realize that they can not be like the models in the pictures. It is a bad influence, a wrong way.
Why choose to work almost without digital retouching?
Because I feel that nothing needs to be changed. I use it for a technical approach, not to make most beautiful women in the photos. The idea is that it does not appear to be digital, and that is to see the soul, the eyes and the spirit of them. For example, Kate Winslet likes your hands, and we did photos with the focus on how to put them, how to gesticulating. His hands were a different person.
what Cost to persuade them to be part of the calendar?
Don had to convince to do anything they do not want to do. Maybe some didn’t think it was convenient to participate, because they believed that the calendar could represent the ideal current beauty. So we told them that our idea was to do the opposite, to show the true beauty that it has to do with the beauty of each and not with false ideals. Thus, we show women that all know as they are in a different way.
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