Harry Peccinotti

Harry Peccinotti (also known as Harri Peccinotti) (born 1935) is an English photographer, best known for his erotic work, most famously two Pirelli Calendars published in 1968 and 1969. He remains an influential figure in art and fashion photography.

His work as art director of the UK fashion magazine Nova is widely considered as being influential for its graphic design as well as photography. He published a retrospective of his life's work called book HP (2009).

Career

Born in London, his career ranged during the 1950s from commercial artist to musician. At this time he designed record sleeves for Esquire Records and book jackets for Penguin, and later became an advertising art director and photographer.

Peccinotti was one of a number of art directors at agencies such as Crawford’s and J Walter Thompson. In 1965 he was hired as the first Art director of Nova magazine, remembered today for its innovative design, typography, subject matter, photography and quality of witing. Besides his role as art director, he also made photographs for the magazine. At Nova, Peccinotti became one of the first professional fashion photographers to photograph and publish photos of black models, using them extensively in his fashion shoots.