This year, we shall mostly be looking at nude models and elephants

Gridcrasher is pleased to bring you some preview images from the 2009 Pirelli Calendar. This year’s theme is hot naked models (as ever) and… big scary elephants. Elephants? Er, ok.

Anyway, the photography, by famous lensman Peter Beard, is stunning. The women aren’t bad either.

More photos after the jump. They involve barenekkid ladies, so the rest of this post comes with an obligatory NSFW warning…