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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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Soccer fans knocked their socks off, and more Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - American contemporary artist Spencer Tunick photographed the nudes at the Ernst Happel Stadium in the run-up to the UEFA Euro 2008 finals, although he fell ... |
Judith joins the walking wounded for picture New Post Leader, UK - Known as China's answer to Spencer Tunick, Wang Qinsong stages large tableaux photographs, often involving hundreds of people, of nightmarish scenes. ... |
The following games were played in Aspetuck Wildcats youth ... Weston Forum, CT - ... Aspetuck and took over on downs, the Wildcat defense quickly got the ball back when Alex Crowell forced a fumble that was recovered by Spencer Tunick. ... |
300 pose in mass mock-up Journal Live, UK - The last mass photography project on Tyneside was in 2005 when American Spencer Tunick persuaded 1700 people to strip naked on the Quayside. ... |
 Metro | Wang Qingsong's new work will find Northern Stage transformed Metro, UK - ... head-to-toe in plaster for Antony Gormley's Domain Field, and even more of us stripped off at dawn for Spencer Tunick's mass- nudity installation. ... |
Hoteliers love Art Basel Bradenton Herald, United States - The Sagamore has a functioning mini helicopter on a poolside roof -- an artist put a mannequin inside -- and will unveil Spencer Tunick's October photo ... |
Diary: Terry's troops lose the pot over failed mergers Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Earlier this month, the pool played host to 150 naked club members being snapped by artist and photographer Spencer Tunick. On Tuesday night, after the ... |
Chocolate shock in Belgium Toronto Sun, Canada - ... to make the chocolate that was used to paint hundreds of nude models for an art installation in Bruges by contemporary photographer Spencer Tunick. ... |
HISTORY: THE PASSION OF THE MASSES? Santiago Times, Chile - And that notion reveals our true Chilean character almost as much as a Spencer Tunick photo. The drama and the fuss have already been installed in many. ... |
In presidential race, Northwest Connecticut opens wallets for ... Torrington Register Citizen, CT - ... $2300; Barry Held, retired, $550; Linda Pohs, $1500; Leigh Tunick, $235; Ellen Burcroff, $1500; Annette Clow, artist, $2000; Christopher Clow, $1000; ... |
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