Lying on their side, standing with their hands in the air or side by side with arms outstretched: from 5:30 am (local time), Tunick photographed the thousands of people as part of the Strip Off for Skin Cancer art project. skin cancer”). The number of participants represents the more than 2,000 Australians who die each year from skin cancer.
Law amended
Tunick has become known for his photographs of naked crowds. He hasn’t gathered such a large group of people since 2016 as he did this morning, says The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2010, the American was also in the city, when he photographed five thousand people naked in front of the Opera House at dawn.
To be able to photograph people naked on Bondi Beach, the law had to be changed, writes The Guardian. For this one time, participants were allowed to spend naked on the beach until 10 a.m., after which they risked a fine.
Check skin
The photographer, who addressed the crowd by megaphone, hopes that the art project will encourage Australians to check their skin more often. “When you do work for a health-related charity, you suddenly become aware of your own age,” said Tunick, 55.
Bruce Fasher, 77, was one of the participants in the art project. “I’ve spent half my life in the sun and had some malignant melanomas removed from my back,” he told an AFP news agency.
