The Idiom of gleaming Bodies and strong, sleek Sexuality Pirelli Calendar 1969 Harri Peccinotti Photography

Harri Peccinotti for Pirelli Calendar, 1969

The name of London-born, photographer and graphic designer Harri Peccinotti may be unfamiliar, but his work has been hugely influential. One of the very first to shoot the legendary Pirelli Calendar, he "coined the idiom of gleaming bodies and strong, sleek sexuality", one that is copied by better known photographers and used to sell luxury products to this day. Born in 1938, Peccinotti served as art director of Flair, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vogue and Nova.