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Gallery: Pirelli Calendar

published on 1 December 2004

For the 2004 Pirelli calendar, photographer Nick Knight and art director Peter Saville shifted the focus from men's desires to those of women. From fourteen conversations with eminent women, Knight constructed narratives for each month based on their most intimate sexual fantasies. The specific author of each remains a secret, but their fantasies are brought to life in Knight's images. We may not know whose is whose, but we do have their names: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, Tracey Emin, Marianne Faithfull, Heidi Fleiss, Emma Forrest, Courtney Love, Stella McCartney, Catherine Millet, Aimee Mullins, Isabella Rossellini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Liv Tyler and Elizabeth Wurtzel. Explore each photograph here, along with previously unpublished images.

For the 2004 Pirelli calendar, photographer Nick Knight and art director Peter Saville shifted the focus from men's desires to those of women. From fourteen conversations with eminent women, Knight constructed narratives for each month based on their most intimate sexual fantasies. The specific author of each remains a secret, but their fantasies are brought to life in Knight's images. We may not know whose is whose, but we do have their names: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, Tracey Emin, Marianne Faithfull, Heidi Fleiss, Emma Forrest, Courtney Love, Stella McCartney, Catherine Millet, Aimee Mullins, Isabella Rossellini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Liv Tyler and Elizabeth Wurtzel. Explore each photograph here, along with previously unpublished images.

January, model: Natalia Vodianova
February, model: Dewi Driegen
March, model: Mariacarla Boscono
April, model: Jessica Miller
May, model: Esther de Jong
June, models: Ai Tominaga & Morgan
July, models: Amanda Moore & Emily
August, model: Alek Wek
September, model: Frankie Rayder & Natalia Vodianova
October, model: Karolína Kurková
November, model: Liberty Ross
December, model: Pollyanna McIntosh
Image used as cover for the Pirelli calendar
Image used as the intro for the Pirelli calendar, model: Adina Fohlin
Direction and Photography:
Art Direction:
Models:
Adina Folhin, Natalia Vodianova, Dewi Dregon, Mariacarla Boscono, Jessica Miller, Esther de Jong, Ai Tominaga, Amanda Moore, Alek Wek, Frankie Rayder, Karolína Kurková, Liberty Ross, Pollyanna McIntosh
Fashion Direction and Styling:
Hair Colour:
Nicola Clarke
Make-up:
Set Design:
Prop Stylist:
Tess Bartlott
Scenic Painting:
Karen Griffiths
Casting:
Jennifer Starr
Digital Effects Consultant:
Executive Production:
Production:
Sam Gainsbury and Anna Whiting
Photographic Assistance:
Ben Dunbar-Brunton, Dominic Cooper, Haita Wohler Olaen
Fashion Assistance:
Sidone Barton
Hair Assistance:
Make-up Assistance:
Charlie Pichon, Mac Assistants
Set Design Assistance:
Ed West, Nigel Pollock
Casting Assistance:
Chelsea Woo
Character Casting:
Layton & Norcliffe
Rigging:
Stefan Kopek
Special Effects:
Bob Smoke
Production Running:
Sam Queen, Laura Whiting
Digital Imaging:
Alan Finamore, Epilogue Imaging Ltd
Retouching Assistance:
Martin Smith

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