2/12: Buncha naked folks
 

http://cellar.org/2002/nakedfolx.jpg

I'm not sure, but this has to be either just before or just after another Spencer Tunick shot. But where is this? Does anyone recognize it? Somehow I wound up with no details about the shot at all.

I don't know WHY those people are naked, but the location is Place des Arts, <A HREF='http://www.tourism-montreal.org/'>Montreal</A>, Quebec, Canada, home of the <A HREF='http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/accueil_eng.asp'>Montreal Jazz Festival</A> among others.

http://www.theage.com.au/images/2001/05/27/NUDE1.jpg

Art Photo

Heh.... I wonder how one of those censorware programs that try to identify picture of naked people based on the presence of a lot of "skin color" (we'll not even delve into any racial/ethnic issues the idea of "flesh colored" brings up) would react to that.

spencer
 

http://www.nerve.com/photography/

Here are several galleries of spencer tunick's photography for those of you who are interested in masses of naked people in public spaces.

Chilly in Chile
 

What do people think of his work? art? porn? stupid? what do you think the statement is, or is there one?

It's awesome art. Problem is, we don't get the final shots, only the news shots of the setup and stuff.

The HBO special that I saw on it showed both the setups and the final works, as wel as speaking with Tunick himself and some of the models, and it was just great! There was one shot in particular that had a single nude across the shore from Manhattan. The model said how she hated her body but she loved the shot, which put human against nature and man-made construction in a mix of different textures. Once you looked at the picture from that point of view, it was immediately understandable, and very striking.

His work falls into a long tradition of nudes, but is different than a single meditation on the female form- there is a great contrast of bare human-ness and built enviroment that is very stark, can be spooky, and poetic I think. The nudity doesnt strike me as sexualized, but refreshingly mater-of-fact. I really like his photos.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...oto_neu104.jpg

The Emperor's New Clothes

Is it just me, or are there never any black folks in his pictures?

Is this a cultural thing, or the fact that he tends to take his pictures in mostly white areas?

Just wondering.

Brian

It's probably just an artistic decision. Perhaps he just wants all of the subjects to be the same color.

I suspect it might be cultural. You don't really see a lot of black folks doing naked protests and things like this. Or, maybe caucasians have a gene that makes them more likely to take off all their clothes. :)

I'm suprised nobody thought to ask the obvious question...

Do you think there's a lot of hookin' up going on at these gatherings? ;)

This guy thinks he's gonna hook up w/ the chick behind him, but he's wrong.

http://www.tobiasly.com/misc/pics/nekkid.jpg