The 2025 Pirelli Calendar, “Refresh and Reveal” by Ethan James Green, was recently presented in London at the Natural History Museum. The fifty-first edition of the calendar takes a sensual approach to its subjects, returning to the history of the Calendar and its search for beauty revealed through the body. The 2025 Pirelli Calendar was shot between May and June on the historic beaches of Miami’s Virginia Key Beach Park and an on-site studio set up. The cast includes actors, artists, singers, and models of various ages and nationalities, some of whom have collaborated with Green throughout his career.
The 24 photos of “Refresh and Reveal” - which portray 12 subjects, each featured in one color shot and one black-and-white photograph, include American actress, model, and activist Hunter Schafer, Indian-American television presenter and writer Padma Lakshmi, French actor Vincent Cassel, Italian singer, actress and model Elodie, British actress Simone Ashley, South Korean actress Hoyeon, British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, American artist Martine Gutierrez, American model and fashion illustrator Connie Fleming, and British actor John Boyega, and American model Jenny Shimizu (also featured in the 1997 Avedon Calendar). “Refresh and Reveal” also includes Green himself, the third time that the photographer of The Cal has appeared in the cast after Prince Gyasi in 2024 and Bryan Adams in 2022.
Born in Michigan and based in New York, Ethan James Green is a leading name in the world of fashion photography and portraiture and is the latest of the 43 great artists (taking into account that some editions were by pairs of photographers) called to shoot the Pirelli Calendar in its 61-year history from 1964 to 2025. Supporting him in his creation of the 2025 Pirelli Calendar was a team of creatives including Tonne Goodman, the former Vogue Fashion Editor, as the project’s fashion director and creative consultant.
