The 2023 Pirelli Calendar has the most impressive, powerful and creative women

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The

long since become a celebration of

and its complexity, of the power associated with being a woman and embodied by some of the most powerful, impactful and creative models on the industry scene.

A maxim that follows the current narrative current and that can be squeezed to unsuspected limits, versioning itself over and over again to show all possible nuances and edges.

For this reason, the

has as its 'leitmotif' the

A mantra embodied by simply impressive names.

First?

The one with the photographer:

.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

Since eight years ago the calendar began to exclusively feature models, photographers such as

have been in charge of immortalizing those women with whom they had already worked in campaigns and editorials.

Now, it is the turn of one of those women whose images not only do not leave anyone indifferent, but also manage to create a

It doesn't matter if they are snapshots that tend more towards the delicate, the dark or the artistic: it is clear that they are from the photographer who moved to London at the end of the 90s to develop a professional career that has led her to participate in large projects .

Now, she plays him a hyperpopular, but also "

", as described by those who were present backstage at the sessions that took place between June and July 2022 in both New York and London. If you look at the images, you will think the same.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

"Since the beginning of my journey with photography I have always been driven

is. Where does she come from? Where does she want to go? Who does she love? How does she love?

How does it become the imagination of itself? I first ask myself these questions and then project them into the story I am trying to tell or the emotion I hope to convey.

explains the Australian photographer.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

That's where

that imaginary and archetypal character that has inspired the photographer throughout her life, in a kind of aesthetic tribute in which there are nods to her mother, singers, actresses , activists, painters and all those who have ever removed the interior of the artist.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

Summerton has surrounded herself with a great team (Amanda Harlech, the British consultant and muse for many years of John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld; Viki Rutsch for the sets, Eugene Souleiman for the styling and Hiromi Ueda for the makeup), including, how no, those models that everyone talks about for different reasons.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

Thus, it is possible to see

after having become a mother again,

, for the first time in the Pirelli Calendar, turned almost into a mythological being;

wrapped in

lace and with a gigantic headdress making her debut at this event, or a delicate

posing among flowers.

Repeat

Model of the Year in 2017 and Social Mover of the Year in 2021, who is also an involved activist for women's rights.

And there are new faces to add to the list.

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

This is the first time for the very popular

, Chinese model

(she made her runway debut thanks to Valentino),

, Norwegian-American model, singer, songwriter and actress;

a 'cury' black model who advocates for racial and size diversity in the industry, or

, a former athlete and basketball player who lost both of her legs after an illness.

Do you want more names, veterans or not?

(you will remember her because she already appeared in the 2018 Pirelli, when Tim Walker recreated 'Alice in Wonderland') or

From backstage at the 2023 Pirelli Calendar by Emma Summerton.Alessandro Scotti

So that you don't miss the interpretation of the images when they see the light in November, here is a list of the role played by each of the talents of this 49th edition of the Pirelli Calendar:

• Adwoa Aboah, the queen

• Adut Akech, the dreamcatcher

• He Cong, the wise

• Cara Delevingne, the artist

• Ashley Graham, the activist

• Bella Hadid, the elf

• Karlie Kloss, the technology expert

• Precious Lee, the narrator

• Lila Moss, the seer

• Sasha Pivovarova, the painter

• Emily Ratajkowski, the writer

• Guinevere van Seenus, the photographer

• Lauren Wasser, the athlete

• Kaya Wilkins, music

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