1/25 Artist: Spencer Tunick

Title- Ohio 1 (Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland) 2004
c-print mounted between plexi
h: 71 x w: 89.25 in / h: 180.34 x w: 226.7 cm

Title- Montreal 3 (Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal) 2001
c-print mounted between plexi
h: 71 x w: 89.25 in / h: 180.34 x w: 226.7 cm

Title- Mexico City 7 (Zócalo, MUCA/UNAM Campus) 2007
c-print mounted between plexi
h: 37.5 x w: 30 in / h: 95.25 x w: 76.2 cm

Title-Ireland 3 (Dublin) 2008
c-print mounted between plexi
h: 71 x w: 89.25 in / h: 180.34 x w: 226.7 cm


http://www.spencertunick.com/index.html

Spencer Tunick is a photographer that i discovered in the most unexpected place, my human sexuality class. We watched his documentary "Nude World". I was surprised that when working with such a large number of nude models, and sensitive issue like public nudity he wasn't more understanding of cultures and local beliefs. To be quite honest his whole disposition was quite off putting. He was defensive and arrogant.When asked to defend his work, or even to answer questions about it his overused response was that it was "ART". His lack of language, and inability to communicate was made me second guess his work, and him as an artist.

Beside that, if i had never seen the film, if i had experienced his work in a gallery or even just on the internet, or in a magazine, I would have had a different take on the photographs. They are truly breathtaking. The flow, and toneality of the bodies creates a landscape that humanizes everyone in the image. The people transform into a single mass/shape. The natural forms takeover the unnatural setting, as to take them back. The photographs capture how beautiful the human form is.