Recently, Some 2,500 people took off their
clothes to pose for U.S. photographic
artist Spencer Tunick at Sydney's Bondi Beach in an effort to raise awareness
about skin cancer.
Tunick, known for staging mass nude photo
shoots at world landmarks, used a megaphone to direct attendees into several
poses on the beach before many took a naked dip in the ocean.
The New York-based artist collaborated with
a charity on the naked art installation in a bid to raise awareness about
melanoma, Australia's fourth most common form of cancer. The federal government
estimates that this year 17,756 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in
Australia, and 1,281 Australians will die from the disease.
"We have an opportunity to raise
awareness about skin checks and I'm honoured ... to come here, make my art and
just celebrate the body and protection," Tunick said at the beach on a
crisp spring morning in Sydney.
A participant, Robyn Lindner, said she
overcame nerves to strip for the shoot, which organisers said involved 2,500
people.
"I was secretly terrified (and) last
night I have to confess I was thinking, 'What have I done?' But it was great,
everyone was a really good vibe, everyone was really respectful and it just
felt really fun," Lindner told Reuters.
Tunick last directed a mass shoot in Sydney
in 2010, when 5,200 Australians posed naked at the Sydney Opera House.
Skin Check Champions ambassador Tim
Dewhurst said any effort to even help save one person's life "is worth
it."
"To stand there proud in our skin,
knowing that we can be the generation that ends this thing," Dewhurst
said.
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