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Cher poses for photographer Bryan Adams
Photo: Alessandro Scotti;
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Summer of Pop icon Cher, 75 years old, rocker Iggy Pop, 74, and singer Rita Ora, 30: pictures of prominent musicians adorn the 2022 edition of the legendary Pirelli calendar.
The photographer is the Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams, 61 ("Summer of '69"), who put his colleagues in Los Angeles and on the Italian island of Capri in perspective.
Together with the Italian tire manufacturer, the Canadian has chosen a suitable title: "On The Road".
"I've been on the road for 45 years, because the life of a musician consists of streets, traveling, waiting in hotels, hours behind the stage," Adams was quoted as saying.
Corresponding motifs can now be found in the calendar.
The British Rita Ora sits on a car seat, US rapper Saweetie holds her passport in the camera, Cher poses in a locker room.
The calendar has existed since 1964. The British subsidiary of the tire company had the idea to boost sales.
For years the photos were considered to be the epitome of nude photography.
In the meantime, however, it has largely developed away from the erotic representation.
No calendar was published for 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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