Spencer Tunick

Spencer Tunick

Earlier today over 600 people posed naked for photographer Spencer Tunick on the Aletsch Glacier near Bettmeralp, Switzerland. The photo shoot was a joint venture with Greenpeace Switzerland to raise awareness of global climate change.

Greenpeace has a bunch of photos of the installation.

Spencer, who is known for his photography of very large groups of naked people in public settings, recently had photo shoots in Amsterdam and Mexico City.

photo credit: AFP & Greenpeace/Wuertenberg

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laanba August 19, 2007 at 7:50 am

Are they lying on something because all I can think of is COLD. I would already be so self conscious about participating in one of these photo shoots but I imagine this would be one place where there would be a more pressing problem than naked. COLD. :-)

lane hartwell August 20, 2007 at 12:19 am

i just don’t get his work. but i don’t really get nudes, anyhow. seems so…manufactured.

Quinn August 20, 2007 at 9:56 am

Wouldn’t all that body heat contribute to the melting of the glaciers?

Andrew August 20, 2007 at 11:40 am

I very much doubt the body heat had any measurable effect. Just a few minutes of contact after all. It’s the bigger picture we need to worry about.

From BBC story:

The Aletsch glacier isn’t just one of the world’s beauty spots. Water from its ice melt fills Europe’s rivers, irrigates crops and cools nuclear power stations. But in fifty years, scientists say the ice could all be gone.

There’s also video of the naked glacier shoot. With yodeling even!

Dee Whye December 31, 2007 at 12:44 pm

Did anyone pee on that glacier?

chris March 13, 2008 at 12:01 am

wow, nothing beats a frozen orgy

Someguy February 4, 2009 at 7:19 pm

I don’t thing being self consious would be much of an issue. Cold tends to make things shrink. . . . .

jocelyn August 19, 2009 at 4:14 am

how i wish people from around the world will give respect to life and its Provider. We are only passing this world once, let’s all make God’s creation love and care for the new generation to come

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