Given the interest there is in photography and Pirelli around here, I thought some of you might find this interesting:
Read more: http://www.youmotorcycle.com/2013-pirelli-calendar.html
Be sure to check out the video at the end, it's safe for work but a bit long.
2013 marked the 40th anniversary of Pirelli's calendar, but odds are you've probably never seen one in real life. Every year, Pirelli gathers a dozen gorgeous (Margareth Madè) and famous (Milla Jovovich) women and asks them to strip for the camera. The calendar prints are so few that even the most well-intentioned gentleman in the motorcycle industry, me, has yet to see a copy of this celebration of the female body.
For 2013, Pirelli has taken a whole new approach. The nude calendar is no more, and while we mourn its loss, we're excited about where this is headed. Pirelli hired photographer Stephen McCurry, dropped the idea of jaw-dropping babes, drafted a roster of girl next door type belles doing awe-inspiring charitable work across the world for a serious of clothed portraits. The results are stunning all the same, as these women and Rio bare just enough to show why they're rising stars on a global scale.
Read more: http://www.youmotorcycle.com/2013-pirelli-calendar.html
Be sure to check out the video at the end, it's safe for work but a bit long.