Spencer Tunick

Spencer Tunick is one weird dude! Here is a guy that can get hundred's, and even thousands of people together in one place and convince them all to take off their clothes.

Then, when they're not looking, he takes pictures of them!!!!
Tunick, who is shy and adheres to mostly black dress, prefers to be called an artist, not a photographer and refers to his work as installations.

He loves the landscape of the human body and playing with props to add "a bit of whimsy" he said. In Belgium, he draped 80 women in dark liquid chocolate and 77 men in white liquid chocolate. He hopes to experiment with condiments and golf balls in future shoots.
"Obviously, it's about the party, about having excess in leisure and about having escapism and fantasy," Tunick said of the tropical party scene known for its lavish bashes and exotic night life. The photo will be displayed in the hotel's contemporary art collection.











On Monday, he used neon pink and green rafts and about 500 bottles of champagne, which he directed models to simultaneously shake and explode like a human fountain


The 40-year-old photographer directs models from a bullhorn, reminding them to remove jewelry and glasses and relax their shoulders.

"Guys, put your legs together a little bit more. Don't smile. Don't smile," he said.
Tunick, a sometimes controversial artist who has draped naked bodies in front of the United Nations and on glaciers, chose the Sagamore Hotel as the backdrop for his photograph, which he says is a commentary on excess.
Models are often chosen at random after submitting their photographs (with clothes) to his website. For the South Beach shoot, Tunick personally sifted through the applicants, looking for subjects with enthusiasm, "not based on looks."
Hundreds of models are always on standby, waiting to participate in one of his projects.

A photographer, pregnant mother and medical lab technologist were among the models Monday. Most were fit and beautiful, although a few were not as shapely. Only the thinner models were asked to pose in the pool with the rafts.
Models sat clothed for several hours in the balmy heat waiting and taking direction. They were photographed in groups on four levels of balconies overlooking a maze like garden and around the hotel's infinity pool. Most were only unclothed for about 30 minutes. A few maids stood on tables and craned their necks to get a better look, smiling discreetly.
Model Bianca Moura, 37, said the shoot was "a release from custom and convention." Performance artist Susan Pfeffer, 31, didn't wear makeup and Maya Sanchez, a 34-year-old general manager, said she didn't even shave her legs.
Tunick said he has always loved the organic form of the human body, especially on the canvas of public spaces.

"Nudity is not controversial in museums," he said. "Where the body becomes controversial in the U.S., is in public spaces."

(On a side note; here is a guy that can get thousands to take off their clothes and I can't even get my kids to clean their room!)



Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at http://www.god-101.com/ and the blog "Perspective" at http://god-101.blogspot.com/