Over the course of the last several months, both behind-the-scenes video and stills from Terry Richardson's much anticipated shoot for next year's Pirelli Calendar have surfaced sporadically on sites across the Internet. But now come the first official images to be leaked since Richardson and his lens made their way down to Brazil with models including Lily Cole, Daisy Lowe, and Ana Beatriz Barros. Not surprisingly they feature a whole lot of flesh-baring and provocative posing (not to mention a cameo from a sloth -- surely not the sexiest animal, but it serves its purpose). The Telegraph has a great gallery of a handful of images from Richardson's shoot as well as past Pirelli images from the likes of Peter Lindbergh and Bruce Weber. Also of note: the fact that this year's Pirelli calendar won't be retouched.

"Richardson's Pirelli shots feature no retouching," says Women's Wear Daily. "A great photographer captures the moment -- that’s why I shoot without extra equipment and without assistants," adds Richardson, who prides himself on creating images that are au naturale with regard to artificial embellishment. The move is especially interesting given all of the recent debate surrounding the omnipresence of retouching in the fashion image-making industry. And it's especially timely given the fact that Richardson's cover shot of January Jones for GQ, which Richardson maintains he never retouched, was front and center in the debate thanks to heavy speculation that Jones' breasts were significant enhanced.