
The 43rd edition of the Pirelli Calendar was created by one of the most celebrated American photographers and portraitists,
Annie Leibovitz, who shot the work last July in her New York studio. The women are of different ages and backgrounds and have different kinds of careers.
The 2016 Pirelli Calendar features 13 women of outstanding professional, social, cultural, sporting and artistic accomplishment: actress
Yao Chen, the first Chinese UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador; Russian top model
Natalia Vodianova, founder of the charity Naked Heart Russia; producer
Kathleen Kennedy, the Chairperson of Lucasfilm and one of the most influential figures in Hollywood; art collector and patroness
Agnes Gund (with her granddaughter Sadie Rain Hope-Gund), President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; tennis player
Serena Williams, number one in the world; opinion leader, critic and writer
Fran Lebowitz; the President of Ariel Investments,
Mellody Hobson, who supports charity projects in Chicago; film director
Ava DuVernay, whose films include Selma, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture in 2015; blogger
Tavi Gevinson, founder of Style Rookie and online magazine Rookie; Iranian visual artist
Shirin Neshat; artist, musician and performer
Yoko Ono; singer
Patti Smith, one of the top rock stars of all time; and the actress and stand-up comedian
Amy Schumer.

Leibovitz is also the creator of the 2000 Pirelli Calendar, which featured choreographer Mark Morris’s dancers.
The new website
www.pirellicalendar.com presents the 2016 Pirelli Calendar by Annie Leibovitz and a selection of her shots will be added to the extensive archive material, including some images which have never been seen before, which - grouped into decades – offer an overview of the evolution of a half a century of social customs, from 1963 to today.