Some 2,500 people gathered nude this Saturday on a famous beach in Sydney, Australia, as part of an art installation to raise awareness about skin cancer.
Bondi Beach became, at dawn, a nudist beach when the 2,500 volunteers of all ages and in the simplest contraption posed for the American photographer Spencer Tunick, who gave them his instructions over the loudspeaker from a raised platform.
This event called “strip down for skin cancer“(“Skin Cancer Strip”) was organized in collaboration with an association that encourages Australians to have regular examinations by a dermatologist.
“A Good Cause”
The number of participants is roughly equal to the number of Australians who die each year from skin cancer.
“I spent half my life in the sun and had two malignant melanomas removed from my back,” said one of the volunteers, 77-year-old Bruce Fasher.
“I thought it was a good cause, and I like to take my clothes off on Bondi Beach,” he added.
Spencer Tunick is known for his massive striptease organized in very famous places around the world. In particular, he undressed more than 5,000 people in front of the Sydney Opera House in 2010 and 18,000 people – his record – in the Zócalo in Mexico City in 2007.
Source: BFM TV
