As a whole, Women II alludes to a larger truth-one that Lindbergh believes can impact our world beyond the pages of a magazine. While Lindbergh built his reputation by helping to define the supermodel era of the ’90s, the past decade of his work has celebrated the natural, elegant beauty of actresses such as Kate Winslet, Jessica Chastain, and Tilda Swinton, as well as seen a new generation of models such as Karen Elson, Arizona Muse, and Cara Delevingne come into their own. The book is prefaced with texts from art historian Werner Spies, director Wim Wenders, and Austrian writer Peter Handke in which each consider the existential “truthfulness” inherent in Lindbergh’s imagery. Images of Women II: 2005-2014 (Schirmer/Mosel), a sequel to the 1997 volume, includes 161 of what he considers to be his best works from this time period. “But also more guts to experiment with a more defined idea of what I want to achieve.” “The last ten years have brought a lot more experience dealing with people in front of the camera,” reflects Lindbergh. It’s like being photographed right when you wake up in the morning,’ Cindy Crawford once said of Lindbergh’s method.Peter Lindbergh turned 70 this past November, but the renowned fashion photographer continues to be so prolific that his latest monograph endeavors only to catch up with him, surveying his portraits of women, and a few men, taken since 2005. ‘At a time when it was all big hair and pushing the boobs up, he stripped you of those props and showed you in a different way. Long before it was fashionable, Lindbergh pioneered fashion photography which refused excessive polish in favour of a relaxed and joyful mood which had a timeless energy - his work from the Eighties and Nineties has the rare quality of looking as fresh today as it did then. The Duchess paid tribute to Lindbergh via the Instagram account: 'His work is revered globally for capturing the essence of a subject and promoting healthy ideals of beauty, eschewing photoshopping, and preferring natural beauty with minimal makeup.' The project epitomised the German photographer’s reputation for celebrating the natural, real beauty of all women - his aesthetic had the power to unite everyone from 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg to 81-year-old Hollywood icon Jane Fonda.

Most recently, Lindbergh was commissioned by the Duchess of Sussex to photograph the 15 women she had chosen as ‘Forces for Change’ to star on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue, which she guest edited. Peter Lindbergh, the fashion photographer famed for showing women as they really were, has died at the age of 74.

Images of Women II by Peter Lindbergh