Last year, Annie Leibovitz took the famously provocative Pirelli calendar in a new direction, choosing to photograph fully clothed women, with the exception of a playful Amy Schumer portrait. And for this year's 44th edition, Peter Lindbergh also gave the calendar a new theme, not just by shooting mostly women over 40, but by keeping all the photos unretouched. 

The famed photographer explained at the international press launch that the 2017 calendar "conveys personality, sensitivity and the guts to be yourself." Lindbergh tapped 14 of Hollywood's leading ladies to star in the black-and-white "Emotional" titled calendar by capturing something stronger than perfection. He says his goal was "not to shoot a calendar about perfect bodies but to capture sensitivity and emotion, laying bare the souls of the women in the images, rendering them more naked that a nude."

The 40-plus images in the calendar feature actresses Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlotte Rampling, Léa Seydoux, Uma Thurman, Alicia Vikander, Kate Winslet, Robin Wright, and Zhang Ziyi in addition to Moscow State University Political Theory professor Anastasia Ignatova, as special guest. In true Lindbergh fashion, makeup was natural, styling kept to a minimum and the portraits, beautiful.

Keep scrolling to see a behind the scenes video of the shoot and the gorgeous photographs.

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