Ah, Spencer Tunick is busy again, photographing large groups of nude people in public spots which he refers to as his "installations". Monday he gathered over 5000 bare volunteers to pose at the Sydney Opera House. He began his "naked series" over 10 years ago by photographing nude individuals, or very small groups of people, and in 2000 he traveled to every state finding volunteers and shooting them at significant spots in their state. The then unknown artist would often find his future-naked subjects on the street, in bars, or restaurants and begged on the Internet for homes to sleep in for the night. The shootings were usually done at dawn, and the possibility of arrest was always lurking. The result was a book and the wonderful HBO documentary, Naked States. Naked World soon followed and now he does mostly large groups in large places-tribal gatherings of exposed humanity. (An acquaintance of mine has his own Spencer inspired photo collection which he calls Naked Driveway.) It's more than it all seems and the documentary is extremely enlightening, to both viewer and subjects. When Tunick came to South Carolina, it was during the "females can't come to the Citadel" event, so he photographed two naked girls at the gates of the Citadel. Many of his earlier photos had a nice"so there!" atmosphere to them.
The Sydney Opera House shooting in Australia on Monday.
One of the largest group shootings of over 18000 volunteers in Mexico City Square. Notice the piles of clothes. I wonder if those same people you see dazed in parking lots searching for their cars would be wandering around naked after it is all over, forlornly looking for their pile?I think it is time for Spencer to return to South Carolina for a large tribal shot. A couple of recommendations for installations:
Holds a record breaker, Spencer, and not being used right now.
Spencer, how can you resist this?
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