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A few years ago Disney Parks hired Annie Leibovitz to turn her photographers eye on Disney’s famous characters for use in an advertising campaign for the theme parks. Leibovitz took celebrities and put them in the role of those characters and a very popular campaign was born.

Take for instance this vignette of Rachel Weisz as Snow White.

Here is Snow White in her most idolized scene joined with nature. But what would happen if Disney’s princesses were placed in the real world situations that would result from the conclusion of their stories? You might instead end up with something like this:

‘Snowy’ is part of the ongoing Fallen Princesses project from photographer Dina Goldstein. It’s deservedly been winning awards.

Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine (as a desert warrior), and Belle (not for the squimish) are among those who get the treatment. But my favorite is this shot of Rapunzel (a feature animation movie of Rapunzel is in progress at Disney right now) in the hospital as a cancer patient. It captures perfectly what must be a very poignant moment for cancer patients who have lost their hair.

A housekeeping note: I am pleased that so many guests of The Disney Blog are enjoying the Annie Leibovitz “Disney Dream Portrait Series” photos. I’ve been checking my numbers and it turns out that those posts account for a large portion of my bandwidth costs and I’m not even posting the large versions of the images.

I want to use that bandwidth to provide more features for the blog’s readers, so I’ve moved all the Dream Photos to a new ‘Annex’ blog where I am now able to offer large higher resolution copies of each magical photo. These all make wonderful desktops.

If more photos are released in the series I’ll do the same. In the meantime, you can find the “Disney Dream Portrait Series” on the original posts (see below) with new links to the high-resolution images, or just visit the Dream Photo Annex.

Previously:

• Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyoncé as Alice in Wonderland and David Beckham as the gallant Prince Phillip from “Sleeping Beauty.”
• Rachel Weisz as Snow White, Roger Federer as King Arthur from “The Sword in the Stone,” Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from “Pinocchio” with Abigail Breslin as Fira from “Disney Fairies.”
• Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine, Marc Anthony as Aladdin and Whoopi Goldberg playing the Genie; Giselle Bündchen as Wendy Darling, Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Tina Fey as Tinker Bell; and Jessica Biel as Pocahontas.
• Julianne Moore and World Champion swimmer Michael Phelps in a Disney ‘Fantasea’ inspired by Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”.

Disney has released one more photo from Annie Leibovitz’s “Disney Dream Portrait Series” that places celebrities in to the roles made famous by classic Disney animated films. This time it’s Actress Julianne Moore and World Champion swimmer Michael Phelps in a Disney ‘Fantasea’ inspired by Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”.

You can find a hi-resolution version of the photo here.

The full press release and some behind the scenes photos and video are below the cut.

Update: High-Resolution versions of all “Disney Dream Portrait Series” can be found in The Disney Blog Dream Photo Annex.

Previously:

• Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyoncé as Alice in Wonderland and David Beckham as the gallant Prince Phillip from “Sleeping Beauty.”
• Rachel Weisz as Snow White, Roger Federer as King Arthur from “The Sword in the Stone,” Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from “Pinocchio” with Abigail Breslin as Fira from “Disney Fairies.”
• Jennifer Lopez as Jasmine, Marc Anthony as Aladdin and Whoopi Goldberg playing the Genie; Giselle Bündchen as Wendy Darling, Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Tina Fey as Tinker Bell; and Jessica Biel as Pocahontas.

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Thanks to the friendly folks at Digital News Agency, I’m able pass along this video with interviews and ‘making of’ footage. This is wonderful insight into how Annie Leibovitz works. For instance, I love the fact that music from the scene of the movie she’s shooting is playing in the background.

The clip includes interviews with Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo), Whoopi Goldberg, and Gisele Bundchen.

Also I’ve heard that some folks want to see Tina Fey as Tinker Bell a bit clearer than in the previous pictures. So here’s a crop and zoom in on Tina as Tink. That’s a pretty funny face she’s making.

Disney has now released some behind the scenes photos that reveal the preparation and detail that goes into making Annie Leibovitz’s celebrity photos so magical. I’ve put most of them below the cut but it’s hard to resist letting this photo of Jessica Biel shine. Ah… 7th Heaven indeed.

More photos of Jessica, plus Whoopi, Gisele Bündchen, and Mikhail Baryshnikov below.

Previously: Latest Photos from Disney and Leibovitz – 1/24/08 (Photos courtesy and copyright Disney. Mark Schafer/Disney Parks, photographer)

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Update: Another photo released on 4/25/08.

Disney Parks has released another suite of four Annie Leibovitz photos that place famous celebrities into fairy tale scenes from Walt Disney’s classic films. This set includes a wide variety of stars: Jessica Biel, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Whoopi Goldberg, Gisele Bundchen, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Tina Fey.

Above Jessica Biel is portrayed as Pocahontas in a photo illustration titled “Where Dreams Run Free.” Annie Leibovitz “Disney Dream Portrait Series” was commissioned by Disney Parks to celebrate their Year of a Million Dreams promotion for Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

This scene entitled “Where You Never Have to Grow Up,” features supermodel Gisele Bundchen portraying Wendy Darling, with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and actress Tina Fey as Tinker Bell.

Two more photos below the cut. (all photos are courtesy and copyright Disney Parks)

Update (2): Find High-Resolution versions of all the Disney Dream Portrait Series over on The Disney Blog Dream Photo Annex.

Update: Behind the scenes photos from the photo shoot and a quick promotional video from Disney on YouTube.

Previously: First set of Leibovitz photos, Second set of Leibovitz photos.

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Update: Four more photos added to series 1/24/08. One more added 4/25/08.

Annie Leibovitz returns with more photos from her Disney Dream Portrait Series. Tennis ace Roger Federer, who has been the #1 ranked men’s tennis player in the world for four consecutive years, portrays King Arthur and pulls a sword from the anvil that holds a magical grip upon it. The gallant scene is reminiscent of Disney’s animated film ‘The Sword in the Stone,’ in which a young King Arthur follows the wizardly teachings of Merlin.

The regal image is one of three unveiled today to celebrate Disney Parks’ ‘Year of a Million Dreams.’ Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida commissioned Leibovitz to create images featuring international celebrities in fairy tale settings. Two more Leibovitz images that Disney Parks released today feature actress Rachel Weisz as ‘Snow White,’ and actress Julie Andrews portraying the Blue Fairy from Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ with her ‘apprentice’ fairy, portrayed by starlet Abigail Breslin.

The first three images that Leibovitz created for Disney Parks were released in January 2007. Those images featured actress Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, singer/actress Beyonce as ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and international soccer star David Beckham portraying Prince Phillip from Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty.’

Update: Find High-Resolution versions of all “Disney Dream Portrait Series” on The Disney Blog Dream Photo Annex.

A few backstage photos and the full Press Release is below the cut:

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Rick Munarriz of the Motley Fool has another column of excellent analysis of the Walt Disney Company. The same week Disney released the upscale promotional pictures of Annie Leibovitz, they also rolled out a new website disneyworld.com/affordable where families can price out value-oriented vacation options at the Walt Disney World Resort. The estimated cost of that vacation went up $100 to $1600, but that’s still a steal for the access you’re afforded to Disney’s magical kingdoms.

Is $1,600 really that cheap? That was a
question that heated up our Disney discussion board earlier this month.
Naturally there are plenty of families that just can’t swing that, and
even fewer when you tack on the travel costs to get to Central Florida
as well as the busy registers ringing up marked up meals and souvenirs.

That
isn’t the point, though. If $1,600 is too steep, there isn’t a lot that
Disney can do for you beyond pitching you shorter vacations or
encouraging you to stay at a cheaper hotel off Disney property.

True enough. A lot of times though, it’s a $5-20 a day difference to upgrade to the Walt Disney World property. Waiting a little bit longer or collecting some more refundable cans might make the difference.

I have to say I looked at the new website and wasn’t that impressed. First off, there is a sound issue. It plays sounds and music and there is no mute option. Second, there were not a lot of details provided for the various packages they suggested. It’s the days of Web 2.0. It should be easy to drill down and get whatever information you need. You should also be able to subscribe to price changes or alerts for special opportunities. Didn’t see either of those options anywhere.

What do you think? Is it worth it to stay on property?