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These photos from Annie Leibovitz are just stunning. They belong to the Dream Portrait Serie, an advertisement campaign from Disney featuring celebrities as traditional Disney characters. The first three images came out in January 2007, the second batch of three in October 2007 and the latest four came out this week. I’ve featured the photos I like the best first; while most of them are cool, there are a couple that just don’t work for me.

Where Every Cinderella Story Comes True

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Cinderella

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella

Where You’re The Fairest Of Them All

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Snow White

Rachel Weisz as Snow White

Where Dreams Run Free

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Pocahontas

Jessica Biel as Pocahontas

Where You’re Always The King Of The Court

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - King Arthur

Roger Federer as King Arthur

Where You Never Have To Grow Up

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Peter Pan

Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan, Gisele Bündchen as Wendy and Tina Fey as Tinkerbell

Where Imagination Saves The Day

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Prince

David Beckham as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty

Where The Magic Begins

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Fairies

Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and Abigial Breslin as Fira from Disney Fairies

Where A Whole New World Awaits

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Alladin

Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine and Marc Anthony as Aladdin

Where Wonderland Is Your Destiny

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Alice

Beyonce as Alice, Lyle Lovett as the March Hare and Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter

Where Your Every Wish Is Our Command

Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait Series - Genie

Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie

(Photos courtesy and copyright of Disney)

106 Responses to “Annie Leibovitz’s Disney Dream Portrait Series”

Very nice set, pretty much any picture by Leibovitz is a marvel.

Oh…wow, those are gorgeous photos.

I LOVE the Whoopi photo, but they’re all wonderful.

Thank YOU so much for sharing!

Morjana

cool,awesome picture! wish to have all of them..can u end it to my e-mail?…pls..pls….thanx

I’m not terribly impressed. I think they choose the wrong people for a lot of the character’s they’re portraying.

If Only it was worth the money to be annoyed by “It’s a small world after all”

The immagination of our childs and our childhood
is dominated by the few.
First of all Disney.
Don’t fall in their trap.

i do not like the role of alice :[
beyonce doesn’ suit it at all
and peter pan
that man is too old :[ the first 3 are the best

I think its funny that they really didn’t choose many people of the races they’re supposed to represent. J-Lo is definetely not a Persian, neither in Marc Antony. Beyonce is not white, Jessica Biel is not an American Indian. And does it matter that Whoopi isn’t blue? That Lyle Lovett is not a rabbit?
Anyway, why this variation on race? Is Disney trying to be racially ‘open-minded’? “Why should Pocohantas be an American Indian? Why not make her white?” Or are they being implicitly racist by not including Middle Easterners, American Indians, and blue people? (why not make the Genie the blue man group?)

Cool pictures i guess..i like the idea but not the outcome. i could care less if they are celebrities
just get the roles right

Some of these are pretty good, although there are quite a few dubious decisions…

I’m really annoyed by the alice in wonderland one, the rest were fairly “true” to character. The girl’s not even blonde.

As much as I like Leibovitz’ photography, I must say the Aladdin/Genie pictures don’t match the characters in any way, shape, or form.
Why would Whoopi Goldberg be the Genie?

I think some of you are missing the point. She’s taken artistic liscense ( or whoever did the casting has ) with the characters to re-imagine, modernize or make you think, imho.

Those are some nice pictures. I wonder what they looked like before someone digitally manipulated the hell out of them.

Beyonce as Alice….NO WAY ! Sorry to say but she is no actor. I dislike her know it all attitude….we’ve wiped up the mess she has made… maybe it is time she grew up and notice the worl is not all about her !

LOL @ Race Relations. Seriously though - they are some great pics. So vivid!

Jabreel Avatarici Jabreel Avatarici:

creepy christian fable art. images of the spoled rich celebs do not impress other that good work. imaginary can be much more lovely.
jabreel

It’s just for fun - get over it…

O MY GOODNESS!!!! Diana is sooooo right.
Its jus a bit of fun get over yourselves!!!!!!

david becham as a prince lol

Good collection, but am I the only one a little bit creeped out by Peter Pan’s hairy veiny old manlegs?

WOOPI GOLBERG!!!!! WTF!!! I’d be happier if they picked Samuel L Jackson, he’s in everything. Oh an that peter pan creeps the sht outa me.

Beautiful pics, but the Walt Disney theme totally ruins it for me

Some of these pics are wicked. I love the snow white picture, well done, it’s gorgeous.

I think the Jasmine and Aladin pic needs some work, it looks like something you’d see in a JLo film clip rather than a young couple in love and discovering a ‘whole new world’. And Alice looks just a little like a man in drag…

Love Whoopi’s mischievous photo although I think she looks more like a fairy godmother than a genie even with the genie outfit.

Would have liked the theme of each pic representing a diff Disney story to continue right through, however Pinocchio and Disney fairies got all mixed up together in one pic which seemed to break the theme momentum a bit.

Love the Peter Pan pic. At first it was a shock to see Peter looking so creepy but I think it’s a funky twist of stereotypical peter. I thought it was a nice ‘young at heart’ message.

PLEASE dont tell me Annie is owned by The Mouse now…..
god…no…..

Beyonce looks COMPLETELY out of place there.

Dumb decision- then again, she probably paid the most.

WOW. i love biel, johansson, weisz, federer and the one with julie andrews.

the rest were a bit off. i mean the pictures are GREAT, the stars casted aren’t just … appropriate so to say. BEYONCE was totally out of place and so was WHOOPI. i mean, seriously. i agree that peter pan kinda looks old for his character..

again, the pictures are cool though.

the photographs themselves are amazing.
i think its a great idea for disney ads

i agree with leah completely as if she took the words out of my mouth, i almost completely hate the idea of beyonce as alice!!

I loveee this pictures! But I agree with you Melinda when you say that there is a couple of those which actually do not work cute well. For me these two are: Jessica Biel as Pocahontas.. not just because Pocahontas is Brunette, but her face those not transmit anything.
Ahd the other one is Jennifer and Marc as Jasmin and Aladdin, I totally loveee Marc and Jennifer but they weren’t the ideal couple to do those caracthers!.
Instead of these little details, all pictures are amaizing! and a great campaing for Disney :)
Thanks for uploading them in your site.. because I look for them for a long time, and you are the only one who have them all.
Byee!

I am not a huge fan of Disney, but the Cinderalla portait is amazinginglt beautiful — right down to the slender hand uplifted in the photo. Snow White is also very well done.

Photoshopped.

I def. agree with Diana and Emma from a few days ago…this world is F’d up because people think the way they do in most of these comments that were posted. Its artwork and its amazing too. Disney is all ficition, so whatever the hell “race” everyone is shouldnt matter one bit. Dont take life AND these pictures so seriously. —-all of these portraits are absolutely gorgeous!!

Very nicely done.

AND, Disney is not controlling the imaginations of our children…obviously, you are.

bahahaha… i laughed so hard at the rodger federer one…. he doesn’t suit the role…

im doing an assignment on annie leibovitz…. its difficult to find the right info on her but i do realli like these pics…(xcept for the federer one)

Race to the Finish Race to the Finish:

It’s funny when people are so up-tight, they accuse others of “taking life and pictures so seriously.” Yet why take the time to ask others to “mellow out” if you can’t take their comments with a grain of sand? Perhaps it is you who is taking things too seriously…

I, for one, agree with Chris, who thinks “Race Relations” comments are funny. If there’s anything serious about these images, its the obsession with celebrity culture. So I second Jabreel Avatarici and Dan’s comments.

BTW, “Disney is all fiction,” Denise? I agree, but what if Aladin had been portrayed as Hispanic or if Pocohantus shown as black? Disney may be fictitious, but come on. I think that in their movies, if they had went with these decisions, they may have faced an outcry to which they would not have had a suitable response. Why then let them off here? Because they used celebrities? See the above paragraph.

Finally, why IS the genie black? Well, what is a genie? One who must fulfill the demands of his master? Isn’t there another name for someone who is bound by another’s beck and call? I’m surprised no-one has thought of this yet.

Oh, and Annie Leibovitz is so much better than these photos would indicate. In fact, I’m surprised they give her credit–on advertising such as this, there usually is a team of demographics researchers, Photoshop technicians, storyboarders, etc. I’d wager 20-40 people worked on these, all told.

Such a brilliant idea and amazing work but a few didn’t work for me.
The best for me were Cinderella, Snow white, King Arthur and the Mad Hatter and Fira.
Pocahontas lived in the jungle - it looks like the girl is on a farm on the beachside. So many other hot dark featured actresses could have been chosen. Wendy was the one that grew old (in time) not Peter Pan…they needed a young boyish actor with pixie like features like Orlando Bloom; and you can’t see Tinkerbell?
Beyonce as Alice…well thats another story altogether - does not suit her at all because she is not a cutish innocent character in person.
Sayid from Lost would have made a good genie and Jasmine and Alladine… maybe an actual young persian-like raven haired actor for Jasmine; as for Aladdin, I would have gone Jesse Metcalf. But thats if it was my photo shoot, otherwise an interesting and fascinating immagination!
p.s to Race to the Finish - why can’t the genie be black? Was Jesus white?

man everyones taking these pictures so damn seriously there cool pictures and im not putting down anyone else opinions but its a campaign for disney…whys everyone treating it like its some big world threat or something? it aint as serious as its being made out to be children wont understand all the ‘racial’ stuff they’re kids they deserve to have a bit of less serious fun

OMG - Anyway I can view the larger versions of these images? narcher@ucsc.edu

OMG - congratualtions to you then!

OMG - congratulations to you then!

Analeis:

Pocahontas lived in the jungle? Read a book.

ohhhh sue me!

Jenny:
oh sue me!

The photography is awesome.

Whoopie doesn’t convince me she’s a genie. Poor acting is more the cause than skin color, though blue skin would have helped.

Mikhail Baryshnikov looks more like a pervert than Peter Pan; Lyle Lovette looks similarly creepy.

Having someone who is not Native American, and doesn’t look it, play the role of Pocahontas is as racist as having some white guy play Tonto (Lone Ranger). Aladdin and Jasmin don’t look the part for the same reason.

In an effort to be politically correct they have succeeded in being racist.

How could they use celebs who wear REAL fur (enter miss j.lo) to embody some of our fave disney characters when EVERYONE knows the one must-have best friend of every respectable disney character is a furry little cute animal? If j.lo had to be jasmine, she would probably wear abu around her neck as a scarf or something and then the relationship would end coz aladdin could never love a women who wears his best friend for crying in a bucket!!
And where is Ariel, the little mermaid?? Wouldnt that have made an awesome pic? Maybe next time?

I think all the pictures are wonderful, especially the first three. Scarlett makes a very nice Cinderella. I don’t really understand the last one with Whoopi, though, but it’s still a fun ad for Disney.

I am so entranced with these works of art!

A few of those were excellent, but in some of them I think they included subjects just for their celebrity even when they really kind of kill the illusion and don’t fit the character.

Now, Jack Nichoson as “The Mad Hatter”- Yes!
David Beckham as a prince? Nah. David Beckham as “The Queen” then your talking.
Ermelda Marcos as Cinderella. If she lost a shoe, well she has several thousand more.
Snow White; well she loves 7UP. So perhaps Elton John would have been more appropriate.
Liebowitz is brilliant though; without doubt. Thanks for the post.The Baldchemist as “Sweeney Todd the demon barber of Fleet Street”.

Most of the roles do not fit at all. The first two are the only good ones, Peter Pans entire persona is that he never grows up and why couldn’t you choose someone that is truly Native American instead of Jessica

i though it was obvious... i though it was obvious...:

the joke was that a genie is a kind of slave….that’s maybe why the genie shouldn’t be black…
and it was a joke….

I don’t really think this is the message these images send to children…most of them are smart enough to think about these things…Only people who can think we see beyond the obvious…

man everyones taking these pictures so damn seriously there cool pictures and im not putting down anyone else opinions but its a campaign for disney…whys everyone treating it like its some big world threat or something?

thank you, mehmet*.

this was a creative attempt to photograph a key part of american…culture… disney is a part of many young american lives, whether people like it or not.

i agree that some of the photos dont work but i think people need to chill out.

* (tesekur ;) )

^ ^ Ditto! You guys are honestly taking these pictures WAY too seriously! I don’t think you guys get the real message behind these photos.There is nothing racist whatsoever about these pictures. They were just trying to get everyday celebrities known by little kids to help expand their imagination a bit wider. It doesn’t matter who “fits” the character or not. In fact, all of them fit every persona given, especially the Whoopi one; a playful nature fits her. I do feel, however, that the persona given to Beyoncé was a tad off, though. She would have been better with a more glamorous or exotic character like Jasmine or Pocahontas, or maybe even someone like Princess Belle from “The Beauty and The Beast”; not a naïve, innocent little character like Alice. But, seriously everyone, just chill out.

You guys are taking these comments way to seriously!

BTW, my 10 year old nephew didn’t know half these “everyday celebrities known by little kids”.

where are little mermaid, beauty and beast, sleeping beauty, mulan, pinochio, and all the other characters that are as important as these ones?

I guess they’re still in production.

i though it was obvious... i though it was obvious...:

I think Deniz is right…These are photographs of American culture. Then what is in them is American culture? Then if we care to understand American culture, we should care to understand these images?

I disagree with Candy. Do you know Whoopi personally? What do you know of her personality? The fact that people think of celebrity ‘personalities’ as who they actually are is clearly represented in these images, as ‘photographs of American culture.’ And we could not reduce the choice of celebrity here to her personality anyway: is she the only one whom a ‘playful nature’ would fit? Do not stop before you reach the destination.

And finally, I agree with Leonard: we know less about the intentions of the authors on this page then of the ‘personalities’ of those above. Comments are only as serious as you take them to be.

Perhaps this is satire of the very thing you think I’m doing.

If you don’t get that, then you probably think Colbert is a Bush-supporting Republican.

Please could you send me 4 of the pictures? I’ve got all the others, but I want the other four in the right sizes :) It’s Snow white, King Arthur, Whoopi as the genie and the one with the blue fairy and the little fairy :) Please, it would be so nice of you!

Wow, simply amazing. Not only does the concept work, but having real celebrities associated with the very fairy tales that we all love as kids brings back the very memories we had when we read or heard the tales at a young age. :)

I love all these pics, they are absolutely beautiful. But I do have one qualm: I know it might be kindof hard to find a big-name celebrity who looks native american, but at the same time, i feel they could have done better than jessica biel as Pocahontas. That’s just me.

the lost lenore the lost lenore:

these pics are the best!annie is one great photgrapher.its so cool to get celebrities into these roles and enjoy the characters along with them

are there anymore pictures? there’s loads more she could do!

I wonder who they’ll make Ariel in the future!
who do you think?

Amy Adams would be a great ariel, but she’s giselle now.

Maybe alyson hanigan

THANK YOU so much for sharing the photos. I was trying to show my best friend the Disney Portrait Series on thier website, but it only showed the current photos. Your site shows them all. Also I discovered the other photos; Oz, The Birds and Pysco. Thanks again! Great site!!!

There is a Little Mermaid one - just released!! It’s Beautiful…I love these portraits

LOVE Snow White, Cinderella, Peter Pan and the one with julie andrews is very cute.
The other ones are ok

I hate Beyonce as alice, though, totally out of character, I also dislike Jennifer Lopez and anthony as Jasmine and al.

The little mermaid with Kulianne Moore has just been released, its gorgeaus

oopss, its julianne and gorgeous

The new one is here http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/disney/32800/
Thank you for having theses all on one place!

i think these are realllly cool pctures!
i think pocahontas is the best, she looks strong and independnt and it portrays her character wonderfuly

you go glen coco

OmG! so many people are complaining about Beyonce as alice! Not realising that in the book Alice is a brunette. Although To be honest, Beyonce is not an image of innocence.
Rachael as Snow white was WONDERFUL, she is so beautiful!!
JLo and that other guy I don’t care about are (not terrible per-say but…) not great.
The little mermaid with Julianne Moore was fantastic!
Scarlette is a brilliant Cinderella!
Anyone seen the Beauty and the beast ones yet? Drew Barrymore as Belle-amazing.
Just wish that they had done Thumbelina!!! :’(
peace. x.x.x.

@Melanie, Mia & laurenish: thanks for the info. Will update this page soon with the picture of Julianne Moore as Ariel.

@Desany: The Beauty and the Beast ones with Drew Barrymore aren’t actually part of te Disney campaign. They were done by Annie Leibovitz a couple of years ago. Plus Thumbelina isn’t from Disney!

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I’m actually very pleased with the turn out. I think the Aladdin one is very cute. yes, Whoopi isnt blue and Beyonce is black. i dont really like the Beyonce thing, but think of Whoopi’s personality, it fits. Michael Phelps in the mermaid one is awesome. Jessica may not be American Indian, but she looks the part and is beautiful none the less. And Julie Andrews is the perfect Blue Fairy.

I love these photos but my favorite is the little mermaid one with Michael Phelps & Julianne Moore. It’s really quite gorgeous.

For those of you who don’t do your research - Jessica Beil does have Native American blood running in her veins, therefore she makes a very good candidate for this photograph.

Also the Michael Phelps merman and Julianne Moore mermaid one is AWESOME! HE is hot! :o)

It’s really quite beautiful. My favorite is the little mermaid

Did you know that Disney and Annie had the audacity to cast Drew Barrymore as Belle? OMG and she’s not even blonde! Quick! Someone complain about how the coloring of the actors are totally wrong!

Oh, oh, oh!

And that Giselle lady is totally from South America, and EVERYONE KNOWS that Wendy is from Great Britain! And, also, Giselle is like, old, and Wendy was so totally, like, twelve.

Like, oh my god, no way.

For those of you who think Disney told Annie who to cast, you’re probably wrong. Annie Leibovitz is in such high demand and is so successful that she probably chose her own actors. And guess what? They’re her photos that she’s doing for Disney. If you don’t like the photos, don’t go to Disneyland. Boycott Disney. I’m sure they’ll miss you, and care about your opinions.

I think the photos are great, I love them all, they’re fabulous.

I think they should cast Jessica Alba as Mulan, next.
And Eva Mendez as Sleeping Beauty.
And Hugh Jackman as Tarzan, and Halle Berry as Jane.

I like the entire series and am kinda sad that Disney has taken them off their Disney Parks page. My favorite is probably David Beckham as Prince Phillip. My second favorite is not here. It is the Little Mermaid one. I don’t remember who plays Ariel but I remember Michael Phelps (pre-2008 Olympics) was a random merman… It was pretty cool. I even remember seeing a video of that one being shot.

This page would be great if my computer wasnt being a fag!

I want them ! can any body tell me how they can purchased ?!

Pocahontas doesn’t work for me, I think she should have used Beyonce or even J Lo again as pocahontas, and Jessica Biel would have been a perfect Alice. And how about Robin Williams as Genie? BTW, the one that seems perfect for me, nad is not posted here, is Julianne Moore as Ariel, beautiful fiery red hair!!!

I also agree with Marlee’s comment about Hugh Jackman as Tarzan, great idea!!!, althoough I would go maybe with Ziyi Zhang (from memoirs of a Geisha) as Mulan

Great Photography!,thanks.

krazycreeperkat2000 krazycreeperkat2000:

best choice outstanding goldberg is the perfect genie perfectomundo!

wow. these are all cute. i’ll add you up on my list of inspirations! haha. man! i’ve been a disney fan ever since. and this will totally inspire me to be an animator just like walt disney someday. *its complicated. XD* thank you for an inspiration!

hey i was just wondering, could you tell me how to create a page like yours i’m desperate to make one =D

i love the annie leibovitz pictures too, and having read your comments it seems that everyone will have to agree to disagree

thanks

laura

Very Imaginative ,Great Work.

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Ralph Herrmanns Ralph Herrmanns:

Most impressive, not the least scenography. Only one photpgrapher surpassing this, and he shows the mysterious fairytale world inside us. Of course, it is LENNART NILSSON.

Personally, I found Leibovitz’s Disney series with a famous cast taking the role of the characters a BLAST! So original and an oustandingly beautiful idea!
Alas, as many have agreed, some characters are not in place! Beyonce as Alice?!? Why not put, for example, Cameron Diaz instead? Beyonce would have been better off as Jasmine!
And Julianne Moore as Ariel???? I would much rather have had Christina Aguilera (with red hair obviously); not to mention that all the other merpeople, INCLUDING Phelps, are just too much and ‘drown’ the main character out, so to speak!
How about having Diane Kruger as Aurora and Susan Sarandon as Malificent? Heath Ledger would have done a nice Prince Philip :’(…God Rest His Soul

these are amazingly cuteeee :]
i really like them! :)

yeah! im on here oh baby!
i love you marissa & jackieeeeeee

Absolutely stunning compositions by a true mistress of her craft. A great inspiration to all who press the shutter release.

Hey Barry, the only thing has inspired me to do, is to never look at Annie Leibovitz’s work ever again.

These are drivel.
Utter drivel.
And the majority of comment posters here need to be cleaned out of the gene pool.

Hi DMC

It’s strange and rather worrying when someone rashly posts stating that everyone else is wrong and that only they are right …I recall reading about someone in history doing this even when the majority of people had come to the realization that the world really was round after all. It happened again when some professional artists declared that photography would never catch on and that the only true representation of life and the reflection of the world in general was by using paint on canvas. We came to realize however that both have their place and that different styles of both give different pleasures to different individuals.

Its fine to make an individual comment about certain styles in opposition to others, this in itself can be positive and even stimulating; however overstating ones case by using words such as “drivel” regarding the content of someones work doesn’t do you any favours. The true criticism is lost in its rudeness and lacks constructiveness.

Oh well, its nice to belong to a majority, it makes me feel all warm and cozy.
Speaking of inspiration, your post inspires me to think that ……..envy really is a terrible thing.

I hope that the “Leibovitz’s school” prospers and that it encourages and inspires our youth and others to follow many fantastic and different ways in which to express themselves and to try out their own individual styles.
Long may it and other such works thrive.

Just a ‘polite’ opinion thats all.

Barry,

Looks to me like DMC is either an IA or Internet tough guy. Since he didn’t include his website I can only assume his photographic and artistic skills are as pathetic as his logic and language skills. People like him are the reason I believe that the rest of the world is here solely for my amusement.

Now that I’ve outed him he’ll either fade away, respond with more uninspired flames or spend hours copying some content from someone else to prove his manhood.

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