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Hundreds of shivering Australians get nude for U.S. photographer Tunick

Published 09/07/2018, 01:06 pm
Updated 09/07/2018, 01:10 pm
© Reuters.  Hundreds of shivering Australians get nude for U.S. photographer Tunick

© Reuters. Hundreds of shivering Australians get nude for U.S. photographer Tunick

MELBOURNE, July 9 (Reuters) - Around 500 Australians shivered in the nude for American photographer Spencer Tunick on Monday, braving the winter chill on a Melbourne supermarket rooftop for his latest mass nude shots.

The participants, chosen from 12,000 eager applicants, posed standing and lying down on concrete, covered only in transparent red fabric, with the temperature hovering around 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit) in the wind.

"I saw it come up online and I was like, 'Yes! Like I have to get involved.' Spencer Tunick I feel is legendary for subversive art, nude subversive art. I feel like Melbourne could definitely do with a dose of that," Jane Louise, one of the participants, told reporters.

Participants didn't have their gear off for too long.

"I worked quickly in order to keep them not from freezing and I think I got some beautiful artworks," Tunick told reporters.

Another participant, Belle Harvey, said: "Yeah, he was good fun. Every now and again we would laugh, and he would be like, 'You need to be quiet. No smiling. Hands up',".

Woolworths, the owner of the suburban supermarket where the shots were taken, had at first refused to allow Tunick access to its car park, fearing it would inconvenience shoppers during busy weekend hours.

The retail giant relented when the artist agreed to take the shots on a quiet Monday morning instead.

Tunick was invited as part of a Melbourne arts festival.

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