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Spencer Tunick (born January 1, 1967) is an American photographer. Tunick was born in Middletown, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in 1988. He is best known for his photographs that feature large numbers of nude people posed in artistic formations. In these images the nude form becomes abstract due to the sheer number so closely placed together. Known as Installations they are often situated in urban locations throughout the world. He also has done some "Beyond The City" woodland and beach installations and still does individuals and small groups occasionally.
In 1986 he visted London, UK where he took a photographs of a nude at a bus stop and of scores of nudes in Alleyn's School's Lower School Hall in Dulwich, Southwark.
In 1992 Spencer Tunick started out documenting live nudes in public locations in New York through video and photographs. His early works from this period focus more on a single nude individual to small groups of nudes. These works are much more intimate images than the massive installations for which he's now known. His photos quickly became popular and he spread out to other states in America. By 1994 Spencer Tunick had organized and photographed over 65 temporary site related installations in the United States and abroad. Tunick Has taken his celebration of the nude form international and has taken photos in cities that include Bruges, Buenos Aires, Buffalo London, Lyon, Melbourne, Montreal, San Sebastián, São Paulo, Caracas, Newcastle/Gateshead, Vienna, Düsseldorf and Santiago.
Since 1992 Spencer Tunick has been arrested 5 times while working outdoors in New York. In each case, the charges against him were dropped shortly thereafter.
He is the subject of three HBO documentaries, Naked States, Naked World, and Positively Naked.
In June 2003 he completed his largest photo to date by photographing 7000 naked Spaniards in Barcelona. On June 26, 2004 he completed his largest shoot in North America in Cleveland Ohio with 2,754 people posing. In August 2004 a photo shoot was completed in Buffalo of about 1800 nudes in Buffalo's old central train station. On July 17 2005 he photographed almost 1700 nudes on the quaysides at Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, including the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. On March 19 2006, Tunick photographed 1500 nudes in Caracas, having people standing up, lying down and on their knees standing right next to the main Simon Bolivar statue.
His models are volunteers who receive a signed photo as a reward.
Links- Spencer Tunick - official website
- In the studio: Spencer Tunick - London Telegraph interview
- Around Noon: Spencer Tunick - The Naked Truth - NPR radio diary
- 'Spencer Tunick: about art and transgression' - article
- http://thespencertunickexperience.org/
- Spencer Tunick Forum - unofficial website set up for models, and others who appreciate Spencer's art.
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Hundreds strip naked in Vienna for artist Tunick Reuters - By Paul Bolding VIENNA (Reuters) - About 1800 people stripped naked on Sunday for US photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 ... Nude Vienna photo-shoot falls just short of Euro 2008 target Hundreds strip for photo shoot in Austrian soccer stadium Hundreds strip for photo shoot in Austrian soccer stadium |
 Brisbane Times | Balls and all: Spencer Tunick's latest nude shoot Brisbane Times, Australia - VIENNA - Over 1800 men and women have posed nude for US photographer Spencer Tunick in Vienna's Ernst Happel stadium, less than a month before it hosts the ... |
 LIVENEWS.com.au | Mass nude photo shoot falls short of target LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia - More than 1800 nude men and women have posed for US photographer Spencer Tunick in Vienna's Ernst Happel stadium. Today's photo-shoot, which lasted several ... |
Naked city hotpress.com (subscription), Ireland - Peter Murphy salutes Ireland-bound New York artist Spencer Tunick, who specialises in photographing nude bodies en masse. I do love a midsummer morning’s ... |
Artist Spencer Tunick seeks nude crowd in Ireland Earthtimes (press release), UK - Cork, Ireland - Acclaimed US contemporary visual artist, Spencer Tunick, best known for his ability to pull large nude crowds, has put out a call for those ... |
3 000 to strip at soccer stadium News24.com, South Africa - Vienna - More than 3 000 Austrians signed up to strip naked at Vienna's Ernst-Happel football stadium for a photo shoot by US-artist Spencer Tunick, ... |
More than 3000 to strip at Vienna football stadium Earthtimes (press release), UK - Vienna - More than 3000 Austrians signed up to strip naked at Vienna's Ernst-Happel football stadium for a photoshoot by US-artist Spencer Tunick, ... |
American photographer Spencer Tunick talked about his Brazzil.com, CA - And American photographer Spencer Tunick, who provoked scandal in the US and faced jail time for his Naked States installation—he took open-air pictures of ... Despite the improvement in book sales, reading in Brazil |
 Art Daily | Kunsthalle Wien Invites People to Participate in Spencer Tunick ... Art Daily - The contemporary artist Spencer Tunick creates a new body & landscape sculpture in the Ernst-Happel-Stadium, Vienna. You have the opportunity to become part ... |
 RTE.ie | Cheeky volunteers sought for mass-nude project Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Now controversial contemporary artist Spencer Tunick is coming to Ireland where he is hoping the Irish will dare to bare their naughty bits in their droves ... Nude artist seeks Dublin, Cork subjects Nudes sought for Dublin & Cork events |
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