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Pirelli has Gone Stale
Used to be that the Pirelli Clander represented the cutting edge of high glamour photography ...featuring at times the top fashion models and top photographers But this latest offering is really quite lukewarm .... http://www.pirellical.com/thecal/home.html Jan 13 07 03:31 am Link never thought i'd tire of it... Jan 13 07 03:54 am Link Yeah, 50-50... but thanks for the link! As far as a long-term batting average goes, Pirelli is still on the A list. No worries. I have that compilation book of the calendars. Love that Peter Lindbergh. I've never cared for the costumey stuff, paint, hats, etc. I just like girls!! Jan 13 07 04:30 am Link I really don't mind the "in bed with Sophia Loren and P. Cruz and Naomi Watts' feel, but Hillary Swank? Please! Weber should have had this assignment. Jan 13 07 04:52 am Link Studio 3-1-oh wrote: If Bruce Weber had the assignment, you'd be looking at boys' butts instead of Sophia Loren, P. Cruz and Naomi Watts. Jan 13 07 05:01 am Link I'll give them credit for all of the calendars they have done in the past, and for their efforts to keep it from getting stale- The were going for low-key celebrity glamour this year, and they accomplished it effectively. Jan 13 07 05:06 am Link JAY carreon wrote: LOL! True, but even that would be better than this year's calendar. I'm not getting this one at all. Jan 13 07 07:20 am Link imo the calendar clearly "jumped the shark" the year Annie Leibowitz shot it. it hasn't really been the same since. Jan 13 07 08:26 am Link Not really sure where they were headed with this one. The past calendars for the most part have always been a blend of glamour and shock value. This one looks like it was completely shot in a cheap motel using a bare bulb. Jan 13 07 08:37 am Link i like it... all but one or two were strong interesting images that stood on thier own... i do miss the tire tracks though... Jan 13 07 08:38 am Link richard boswell wrote: Is that anything like "spanked the monkey"? Jan 13 07 08:39 am Link DHayes Photography wrote: Agreed. It looks like they didn't even try to show these ladies' splendid "racks"! Jan 13 07 08:42 am Link JAY carreon wrote: a term coined when "fonzi" jumped the shark in the happy days series..basically signaling the end of the show.. Jan 13 07 08:43 am Link JAY carreon wrote: "Screwed the pooch." Jan 13 07 08:44 am Link I'm just an unfrozen caveman photographer, and your technology and flashy lifestyles frighten and confuse me, but other than the "Lou Doillon" pictures (whoever the hell that is) I like the look. In fact, it looks like something I would have liked to shoot. And man-o-schevitz! Naomi Watts can roll around in my cheap motel ANY day. Jan 13 07 09:20 am Link Garry k wrote: yup, I agree. It's not awful by any means but I think they have done better in previous calendars. Bring back 2004, at least they were a bit more daring! Jan 13 07 09:38 am Link I think the one Avedon did with Christy and Naomi was the best. I still have it someplace up in the attic... Jan 13 07 09:45 am Link They asked me 2 do it but I was busy unfortunately.  I had a totally killer concept, too. I was gonna do the whole calendar as a series of jell-o wrestling pictures. Each month would be a different supermodel in a different color of jell-o, based on the season. So, like, autumn was gonna be orange jell-o with oak leaves in it and winter was gonna be like blue jell-o and so on. It would have been totally kickass except I was scheduled to be shooting a nude TFP with britney that week and my assistant fell in and we had to get a crane to get him out and by the time it was all over the mood was ruined.Jan 13 07 09:50 am Link Eric wrote: ... "Flogging the Dolphin".... Jan 13 07 11:22 am Link GWC wrote: Let me guess... Jan 13 07 11:25 am Link JAY carreon wrote: Could be Jan 13 07 03:23 pm Link Marcus J. Ranum wrote: Yeah , my favorite too Jan 13 07 03:24 pm Link Studio 3-1-oh wrote: I like it, crisp realistic, gimick free photography. Jan 13 07 10:58 pm Link carlo Di Paolo wrote: Im not sure bout that ! Jan 14 07 01:56 am Link JAY carreon wrote: Jay I appreciate the opinion, but clearly you might want to educate yourself a bit on Bruce's work. Yes he likes the boys and speedos and the big dogs, but his women are fierce (Sorry for the Tyra-ism). Jan 14 07 02:00 am Link Marcus J. Ranum wrote: Nadja Auermann in the icicle was nice!~ Jan 14 07 02:05 am Link StMarc wrote: No, they beat him off. ;-) Jan 14 07 02:06 am Link JAY carreon wrote: I loved herb ritts pirelli calendar. His women looked edible, as good as or better than if a hot blooded hooters infatuated het boy had shot it. The same with webers work. It's about the photographer. Jan 14 07 03:56 pm Link For Pirelli - Does the photographer have complete aritistic control or does he ahve to follow some "editors "vision ? Jan 14 07 11:00 pm Link Garry k wrote: There is an AD. Jan 14 07 11:11 pm Link Yeah I found this year's calendar a bit lackluster. Jan 15 07 11:09 am Link I'm new to seeing this calendar. Can't say I'd complain if I'd taken any of those photos, though. *goes to Google previous years for comparative purposes* Jan 15 07 01:10 pm Link The big 40 Years book is fantastic. Maybe they'll get it back next year. Jan 15 07 05:28 pm Link |
