It’s that time of year again when we welcome the Pirelli calendar in to our lives. The creator of the 40th edition is Steve McCurry, one of the world’s most renowned photographers. Some of McCurry’s most famous work includes the iconic “Afghan Girl” National Geographic cover photo.
“(for the Pirelli calendar) I tried to portray Brazil, its landscape, its economy and its culture, along with the human element” said McCurry. “This was the story I wanted to tell through my lens. For me photography is an important expressive means to tell large and small stories of daily life.”
“I thought ‘Why don’t we find models who aren’t only gorgeous and beautiful but are also doing good things?'” McCurry said at the press conference. Those included are Petra Nemcova, the Czech model who founded the Happy Hearts Fund to help children hit by natural disasters, American environmental crusader Summer Rayne Oakes, Brazilian actress and child rights advocate Sonia Braga, and American model Kyleigh Kuhn, who also works to build playgrounds and schools in Afghanistan.
Also featured in this years calendar is visibly pregnant supermodel, Adriana Lima.
Here’s a behind the scenes look at how the 2013 Pirelli calendar came to be:
