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Over the last couple years, acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz has partnered with Disney to create stunningly colorful pictures of celebrities posing as Disney characters from classic animated Disney films.
Yesterday more photographs from this series were released, featuring a new batch of celebrities with a new set of familiar Disney scenes. Inspired by the new release, below we take a look back at all of the photographs Leibovitz has produced for the Disney Dream Portrait series, followed by a few behind-the-scenes images from the photo shoots. The photos below begin with the most recent set and work their way backwards, in no particular order.
(You can click each image to enlarge and view in high-resolution.)
Disney Dream Portraits by Annie Leibovitz
Taylor Swift as Rapunzel:
The Haunted Mansion and Pirates:
Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel as Phineas, Ezra and Gus, the Hitchhiking Ghosts of The Haunted Mansion:
Russell Brand as Captain Hook:
Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow and performer, writer and artist Patti Smith as the Second Pirate in Command:
Jeff Bridges and Penelope Cruz as Beauty and the Beast
Olivia Wilde and Alec Baldwin as the Evil Queen and Magic Mirror from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Queen Latifah as Ursula from The Little Mermaid
Whoopi Goldberg as The Genie from Aladdin
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony as Jasmine and Aladdin
Jessica Biel as Pocahontas
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gisele Bundchen, and Tina Fey as Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinker Bell
Julie Andrews and Abigail Breslin as the Blue Fairy and Fira from Pinocchio
Beyonce, Oliver Platt, and Lyle Lovett as Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, and the March Hare
Julienne Moore and Michael Phelps as Ariel and a mermaid from The Little Mermaid
David Beckham as Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty
Roger Federer as King Arthur from The Sword in the Stone
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens from Sleeping Beauty
Rachel Weisz as Snow White
Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella
Behind the Scenes of the Disney Dream Portrait photos by Annie Leibovitz
With each new picture in the Disney Dream Portrait series of photographs, making-of images were also released, showing photographer Annie Leibovitz working with her costumed celebrities to achieve the perfect shot. Below are many of these images, in no particular order, minus captions. They’re enjoyable strictly on their own.
Behind-the-scenes video of Taylor Swift as Rapunzel:
Behind-the-scenes video of Jack Black, Will Ferrell, and Jason Segel as the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts:
Behind-the-scenes video of Russell Brand as Captain Hook
Behind-the-scenes video of Olivia Wilde as Snow White‘s Evil Queen:
Behind-the-scenes video of Patti Smith as a pirate:
Behind-the-scenes video of Alec Baldwin as Snow White‘s Magic Mirror:
Behind-the-scenes video of Queen Latifah as The Little Mermaid‘s Ursula:
And in case you’re wondering, these images are not created simply for art’s sake. They are used as advertisements for Disney Parks, in magazines, on billboards, and (obviously) online.
Thank you for this! There were a few I had forgotten about. Annie Leibovitz is an amazing artist.
Wow Ive said it once and I will say it again.
What a creative way for an advertisement with celebrities to be displayed.
I love how they put a disney spin on this. This is why disney is, and will always be, on top!
Pretty sad that Disney doesn’t give credit to Annie in the ads printed in national magazines, though! She made these amazing creations and deserves credit.
These are great, but isn’t this really more of a Photoshop experiment than a true photography experiment?
WOW amazing photos i really enjoyed them thanks ITM
There’s certainly a lot about these photos that’s enhanced. But looking at the behind-the-scenes images shows just how much of them are live elements on set. In the end they’re advertisements, so they begin as great photos that are made even better by artists.
And since Annie does not touch these in post, it’s not really her work. She should share the credit with the PS team!
I was looking to see if she edited these herself… Let down that she doesn’t. I edit all my own work, and always will do.I also really dislike the amount of assistants they have, i mean is it really needed? Famous photographers get so lazy.
And its silly to say that because someone used Photoshop it isn’t real photography. Photography has changed, Photoshop is part of that. It is a skill. A lot of the time though people simply can’t tell the difference between an original shot with brilliant lighting, and Photoshop manipulation.
Fuck off, Linda. “Famous photographers get so lazy,: you sound like an idiot. And the fact that you think people “simply can’t tell the difference between an original shot with brilliant lighting, and Photoshop manipulation” let’s me know you’re a hack fauxtographer that relies too heavily on PS and not enough on skill.
Really Christopher? she’s just stating her opinion. she’s stating how she views photography. if anyone sounds like an idiot it’s you, swearing makes anyone seem unintelligent and it’s just crude. your intitled to your opinion as well. she’s saying what she thinks and your saying what you think, just leave it at that.
Amazing and so creative-
So where can we BUY them?!? Books, posters, whatever. Would LOVE to have these for my kids… and me!
The only way they’ve been available is by finding them in the magazines in which they’re running as ads. The most recent series should be in O, People, and a few others.
Not to be racist but I feel beyoncé should have been Pocahantas. I feel she would have given off a great enforcement of it being “free”. She has an energy that would make people see the point of the ad.
I agree with you there, but sadly they had Beyonce play the part as Alice in Alice in Wonderland.
except Beyonce is neither NA nor looks it, at all.
What a lame waste.
One correction: Michael Phelps should be referred to as a merman not mermaid. That’s what the males are referred as in the actual movie.
Nick
They could have picked someone much better to be Cinderalla!! Other than this disappointing choice, these are very nice pictures.
I agree!
Zac Effron is the one with his eyes closed..maybe HE’s the sleeping beauty? haha
80% photoshop … 10 % photographic efects … 10 % actors … The guy of photoshop need a salary increase !
Who cares that a lot of Photoshop went into this? Art is art. And this is beautiful art.
It would be even better if you guys would share the captions from each portrait since they’re too small to see!
Couldn’t they have gotten someone more fitting to be Genie, or atleast dyed Whoopi blue?
Could not agree more. The Whoopi photo was the one choice that I had the biggest question mark above my head. That, and Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan. Huh?!
My favorites are the pictures of Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel and Russell Brand. Not sure if I get Jessica Biel as Pocahontas.
I’m sorry but Vanessa Hudgens as Sleeping Beauty? She’s not even blonde like the actual character! The rest I really loved though.
Their just using celebrities that they think could be that person. Ursala wasn’t black, and they made Queen Latifah her. She totally rocks Ursala and will they disqualify her based off one little thing? NO! These people are just using celebrities they think will make it work. Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens is kind of a ironic one since they were together in HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL. Their just doing photos with people that will work.
If it’s any consolation, I think thier awesome, regardless of the photoshop and any other added items to the photo.
Why did Peter Pan have to be an old guy? Aside from some of the character choices, these are pretty cool.
The point is that Childhood lives in the heart, that it’s more than just physical. Mikhail Baryshnikov is a legendary ballet dancer who, though too old to continue dancing, is still very energetic and active. He’s a wonderful man who manages to embody the spirit of a child even at his age.
Fine discourse. My but Annie, like may of us, is showing her age. Go old girl.
Ricky do you, or does anyone, know if and where we can buy these? I would pay a fair amount for a large coffee table sized book of these lovely, amazing photos. It would also make a great gift for a Disney fan.
Unfortunately they’re not for sale. The newest images will be in a variety of magazines soon but that’s about it for now. They really should make them available.
I got a few things here:
-Loooove the first Jack Sparrow pic.
-Alec Baldwin and Olivia Wilde as The Magic Mirror and Evil Queen are great matches.
-Jessica Biel as Pocahontas? Why not someone a bit more Native American? Or at least more tan.
-Tina Fey as Tinkerbell is an absolute WIN. Peter Pan and Wendy being old? Ummm NO. Get younger people next time, thank you please.
-Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland is a definite NO please, again with the wrong skin types. Maybe you switched Jessica Biel and Beyonce? Hmm..
-Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are not FROM Sleeping Beauty, they are posing AS Prince Philip and Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Also not that great of a match, seeing as Princess Aurora was blonde, Ashley Tisdale would’ve been a much better match, not Vanessa Hudgens.
Over all it was a grand photoshoot. But I think certain characters should’ve been thought through just a tid bit more.
That was kinda rude about the Peter Pan choices, Beyonce vs. Jessica Biel and Vanessa Hudgens vs. Ashley Tisdale. Clearly, the people are not supposed to be a complet matchup to the movies, made clear by the fact that Ursula was played by a black woman. Heck, Genie is orignally a man and here, he’s played by a woman! In fact, while we’re on the topic, Rapunzel’s dress isn’t exact to the movie and didn’t Ariel’s bra have straps?
Leave the photos alone until you can do any better, my dear.
Wow, I was just reading the comments on here, and everybody is pointing out what is wrong with them. I think that they are beautiful, I believe that the idea of combining Disney characters with actors was BRILLIANT!!! Who cares who she chose, she is the one with the idea, not you. So shut your traps.
I love them! Makes me smile each time I view. My favorite is the Haunted Mansion photo with the very awesome actor Jack Black! I would love a copy hanging in my house, office, maybe even a bilboard!
Keep up the good work! We all need a smile:)
Wishing I could get my hands on some of these prints…
Queen Latifa as Ursula is my favorite shot!
Louis Tomlinson should’ve been Peter Pan!
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