Shirin Neshat

Every year since 1964, the iconic calendar produced by the Italian tyre firm has celebrated women’s physical beauty, but for 2016 leading portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz has created a gallery of remarkable women who are leaders in their fields.

They are: actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Yao Chen, model and charity founder Naked Heart Russia, Natalia Vodianova, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, who is helming the new Star Wars trilogy and spin-offs, Agnes Gund, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, tennis player Serena Williams, critic and writer Fran Lebowitz; the President of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson; film director Ava DuVernay, blogger Tavi Gevinson, founder of Style Rookie; Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat; artist and musician Yoko Ono; singer Patti Smith and actress and stand-up comedian Amy Schumer.

– Anthony Peacock