Some of the world’s top models are being transformed into muses for the upcoming 2023 Pirelli calendar. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, Pirelli unveiled several behind-the-scenes photos of the likes of Ashley Graham, Cara Delevingne, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski being shot for the calendar, with a theme of “Love Letters to the Muse” photographed by Emma Summerton.
The concept revisits the muses, both real and imagined, that have inspired Summerton throughout her life. “From the beginning of my journey with photography I have always been driven by who the Woman in my image is.
Where does she come from? Where does she want to go? Who does she love? How does she love? What drives her? How does she imagine herself in the world?
How does she become the imagination of herself? I first ask these questions of myself then project them out into the story I am trying to tell or the emotion I am hoping to convey.
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