It’s Jennifer Lawrence like you’ve never seen her before — posing with a snake.

The 24-year-old Oscar-winner stripped down for photographer Patrick Demarchelier, posing completely nude save for a strategically placed Columbian red-tailed boa constrictor draped across her body.

Shot in July, the racy photo appears in Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue, and is an homage to Richard Avedon’s 1981 Vogue portrait of Nastassja Kinski.

Girl Meets Boa: #JenniferLawrence, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Vanity Fair. Pick up the March 2015 issue for the full Spotlight.

A photo posted by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) on Feb 5, 2015 at 12:20pm PST

For more with Jennifer Lawrence and Hollywood’s biggest stars, pick up the March issue of Vanity Fair on sale Feb. 5.