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 [...]
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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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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Laurie Jeffery is a photographer of nudes based in the United Kingdom. However, unlike a Spencer Tunick, he himself has always been nude whilst taking the photographs. We interviewed Jeffery about his art. Nudist Day: When did you start nude photography, and when did you start shooting nudes whilst being nude? Laurie Jeffery: I started [...]
Jack Geischeidt, founder of the Tree Spirit Project, announced he’ll be staging his next nude group photo event in Santa Cruz, California. While this will be part of his ongoing art project, it will also serve to protest the University of California’s plans to cut down 150 acres of forest, including redwoods. Geischeidt is the [...]
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