At 9 am local time, Saturday August 18, six hundred volunteers posed nude on the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland. The photographer was none other than Spencer Tunick, who this time was orchestrating one of his now famous mass nude installations in the name of environmental awareness. Global environmental activist organization Greenpeace funded the shoot as [...]
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Nudist Day has been following the proceedings of TreeSpirit, a long term art photography project that focuses on old growth trees and the nude human form. San Francisco based photographer Jack Gescheidt, founder of TreeSpirit, announced that the Shaw Gallery in Maine will feature a TreeSpirit exhibit for a month starting August 16th. In conjunction [...]
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Environmental organization Greenpeace is looking for hundreds of men and women to strip-off their clothes on July 18 and 19, 2007. The volunteer nude models will pose on a Swiss glacier for world renown nude photographer Spencer Tunick, as part of a publicity campaign to raise awareness about global warming. It’s estimated that the world’s [...]
Spanish artist José Abajo Izquierdo specializes in nude art installations, but unlike his more famous counterpart, Spencer Tunick, his events involve movement and paint. His next installation, slated for Madrid June 27 and 28 in the Pradillo theater, will feature 300 nude men and women who will paint each others bodies and dance in front [...]
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – June 16, 2007, is the date set for the next installment in the Tree Spirit Project, which features photographs of nudes and old growth trees. Jack Gescheidt, founder of the endeavor, has also made this a environmental protest, as this is the third time the mature trees in question are part of [...]
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AMSTERDAM, Sunday June 3 – Spencer Tunick, photographer of massive nude installations, completed early this morning what could be qualified as a “small” photo shoot involving 2,000 people in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This is in contrast to the estimated 18,000 that participated in his previous installation in Mexico City in May. Tunick took four group photos, [...]
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We interviewed Ulises Velázquez, a 33 year-old professional visual artist from Mexico City who specializes in nudes. He participated in the Spencer Tunick installation in his city on May 6th and provided us with a very detailed record of his experience. We translated it from Spanish and bring you his account organized by topic… WHY [...]
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JACUMBA, CALIFORNIA – DeAnza Springs Resort, in the California desert, is hosting its first “Dancinaked Under the Stars” music festival on May 19, 2007. It will feature a variety of music styles on two different stages. Some of the bands that will be performing are Phat Daddy, Zydaco Patrol, Three Day Ole Beaver, Half Past [...]
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Robin Renee is a professional recording artist and performer from Philadelphia who also happens to be a naturist and spiritual person. She joined forces with Dan Speers, nude yoga teacher in New Jersey, to bring to life the first naturist kirtan. We asked Renee to tell us more about kirtan and her music… Nudist Day: [...]
MEXICO CITY – This morning at 6 am local time, Spencer Tunick began his biggest installation ever, photographing over 18 thousand nude Mexican volunteers in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s famous central square. Some estimates placed the figure at 20,000, but final numbers haven’t been tallied yet and will only be revealed Tuesday. The number of [...]
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