First Look: Pirelli's 2017 Calendar Girls

Pirelli has revealed the first images from its 2017 calendar - shot this year by Peter Lindberg - of Robin Wright, Julianne Moore, Uma Thurman and Nicole Kidman. The actresses' images have all the hallmarks of Lindberg's work - stripped back, natural and beautiful - and continue in a similar portraiture vein to last year's calendar, which was photographed by Annie Lebowitz.

Lindberg chose to give the work the title "Emotional" to emphasise how the idea behind his photos was “to create a calendar not around perfect bodies, but on sensitivity and emotion, stripping down to the very soul of the sitters, who thus become more nude than naked,” said the brand today. It marks the third time that he has shot the famous compilation, having been responsible for the 1996 and 2002 editions.

Joining the four stars who were revealed today are Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Rooney Mara, Helen Mirren, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, Alicia Vikander, Kate Winslet, Zhang Ziyi and Anastasia Ignatova, professor of Political Theory at the Moscow State University of International Relations. The subjects were shot this year, between May and June in locations including Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London and the beach at Le Touquet, France.

“My aim was to portray women in a different way and I did it by calling in actresses who’ve played an important role in my life, getting as close as possible to them to take my photos," explained Lindbergh. "As an artist, I feel I’m responsible for freeing women from the idea of eternal youth and perfection. The ideal of perfect beauty promoted by society is something that simply can’t be attained.”