Revealed six months after its high-energy shoot in London, the 2018 Pirelli Calendar was described by its protagonists as “a dream to work on,” “everything I have ever wanted,” and even “chaotic – in the best possible way.” Shot by English photographer Tim Walker and featuring 18 protagonists from the worlds of fashion, movies, music, and even social activism, the theme of the 45^th edition was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, providing a healthy amount of fantasy for all involved.

“Alice has been told so many times,” Tim Walker said, “and I think I wanted to go back to the genesis of the imagination behind Lewis Carroll so that you could tell it from the very beginning again. I wanted to find a different and original angle.” 

His different and original angle involved photographing an all-black cast, the second time this has occurred in Pirelli Calendar history, after the English photographer Terence Donovan portrayed five women, including Naomi Campbell, in 1987.