Spencer Tunick makes another nude show
<p>Spencer Tunick, famous for pictures of naked bodies in front of the United Nations and>Posing naked, participants said, was more sweaty than sexy, more empowering than erotic.</p><center><img align="center" border="0" height="232" id="588582" md5="" sourcedescription="编辑提供的本地文件" sourcename="本地文件" src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2007-10/09/../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20071009/000d60aa06df0875253d15.jpg" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 0px solid" title="" width="359"/></center><center>Naked volunteers prepare to pose for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick at the pool in the Sagamore art deco hotel in South Beach, Miami, October 8, 2007. [Agencies]</center><center> </center><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Tunick chose the Sagamore Hotel as the backdrop for his photograph, which he says is a commentary>"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.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">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.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">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.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">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.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">The 40-year-old photographer directs models from a bullhorn, reminding them to remove jewelry and glasses and relax their shoulders.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">"Guys, put your legs together a little bit more. Don't smile. Don't smile," he said.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Models are often chosen at random after submitting their photographs (with clothes) to his Web site. For the South Beach shoot, Tunick personally sifted through the applicants, looking for subjects with enthusiasm, "not based>Hundreds of models are always>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.>Models sat clothed for several hours in the balmy heat waiting and taking direction. They were photographed in groups>Model Bianca Moura, 37, said the shoot was "a release from custom and convention." Performance artist Susan Pfeffer, 31, did not wear makeup and Maya Sanchez, a 34-year-old general manager, said she did not even shave her legs.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Tunick said he has always loved the organic form of the human body, especially>"Nudity is not controversial in museums," he said. "Where the body becomes controversial in the U.S., is in public spaces."</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Early in his career, Tunick was arrested repeatedly and battled former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the right to photograph nudes>His work has garnered a cultlike following, a mix of hippie artists and conservative professionals.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Schwartz, the attorney who participated, said she did it "for art, for history" and came away with "a little more peace in accepting who I am and accepting the different shapes and looks here."</p><center> </center><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px"> </p>