American artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of mass amounts of nude people in public places, has always had trouble with the law in his homeland. So for the past several years, he's been making glorious photos abroad... glorious, glorious photos...
The above photo is from a June shoot in Dublin Bay, Ireland. We've been unable to find sufficient photos direct from Spencer's camera; we're showing the AP photo so you don't have to miss out. The below is from his record-breaking photo shoot in Barcelona last year:
For the above photo, Tunick had his models arrive at a closed-off boulevard before sun-up, hoping to avoid traffic accidents and too much gawking from the locals. It worked-- in spite of frigid temperatures, over seven thousand people participated, besting the previous record of 4,500 by an Australian photographer.
The above photos are from his 18,000 person shoot in Mexico City, via, in May of last year.
Now, Tunick is about to launch a major new show in London (check out his website and its excellent opening photo for more.) The exhibit, which opens September 5th, is entitled "Adventures in Architecture," and may shed some light on what Tunick's aim is... besides to get as many people naked as possible, of course:
Spencer Tunick
Explorations in Architecture
5 Sept - 4 Oct 2008
Hales Gallery have been working with New York based artist Spencer Tunick for the last 10 years.
His large-scale participatory performances involving thousands of naked bodies are well known around the world. His work combines sculpture, performance and land art that consistently features skillfully posed nudes juxtaposed in urban and natural environments.
This show at Hales Gallery focuses on his works which operate against the backdrop of architectural forms, integrating the massed soft forms with the harder angular elements of the various buildings he chooses to appropriate.
Read more at Halles Gallery.
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