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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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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MEXICO CITY – Spencer Tunick, photographer of nude multitudes, announced the location of his Mexico installation: The Zocalo. The Zocalo is the most significant landmark in the Mexican capital, an enormous central square surrounded by government and historic buildings, including the presidential palace. Tunick continues to hint that the May 6 photo shoot will have [...]
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MEXICO CITY – Photographer Spencer Tunick had previously announced that his Mexico city installation would take place April 28th and 29th, 2007, but that has now been postponed until May 6th. The reason for the delay was apparently to obtain more volunteer participants. Tunick is looking to surpass the previous record of 7,000 nude models, [...]
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AMSTERDAM – Dream Amsterdam, an organization that promotes art outside museum walls, has hired Spencer Tunick for its annual art event June 3. Tunick will perform his usual routine of photographing huge numbers of naked volunteers in recognizable public places. The location of photo shoots is a closely guarded secret, only revealed to participants at [...]
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Spencer Tunick, photographer of nude masses, will be delivering his next “installation” from the Mexican capital. The exact location of the photo shoot within the city is to be announced tomorrow (March 21) on Tunick’s website. Tunick, who has photographed thousands of people in cities across the world had previously been unsuccessful in his attempts [...]
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