If 2024 is your year to be brave and bold, then make it your year to go bare too. Acclaimed New York-based photographer Spencer Tunick, famous for his mass nude art installations, is returning Down Under (no pun intended) in October 2024 – and he’s released a call out for Aussies willing to strip down and strike a pose.
More than 20 years have passed since Australia’s first exposure to Tunick’s creativity when 4,500 daring volunteers posed naked along St Kilda Road and the Yarra River as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2001. He’s returned multiple times since, including to photograph 5,000 bare bodies at the Opera House during Sydney Mardi Gras in 2010, to shoot 100 beach bums in the Whitsundays for a campaign with The Iconic in 2019, and most recently, to capture 150 nudes along the Brisbane River shoreline in November 2023.
This upcoming shoot, which will close Brisbane’s Story Bridge on Sunday, October 27, will be part of Brisbane Powerhouse’s inaugural Melt Open – a major new festival celebrating diversity, equity, inclusion and Brisbane’s vibrant LGBTQIA+ community and allies. The monumental installation marks the first time Tunick has ever worked on installations with the same institution for an extended two year project.
Those keen to strip down for the shoot can express their interest here. Organisers at the Brisbane Powerhouse are aiming for 2,500 local volunteers and those chosen will be notified a few weeks before the event. Every model (yes, you’ll earn the title) will score a limited edition print to commemorate the experience. You can find out more on the Brisbane Powerhouse website here.