Monday 1 March 2010

The Base by Spencer Tunick

New Mardi Gras, with the assistance of the City of Sydney, has commissioned contemporary artist Spencer Tunick in making a series of installations in Sydney as part of the 2010 Mardi Gras.

Of course this was an opportunity not to be missed so we gathered at the steps of the Sydney Opera House together with about 5200 people to be photographed nude in the name of art and diversity.

Waiting…. waiting… waiting… Everyone had to gather at the Opera House at 4am in order to get everything ready when the sun would rise around 6:45am. After the photos outside the Opera House, we moved inside for some shots in the concert hall. We arrived back home at 10am, tired!

Some smaller prints have been published in the media worldwide, but Spencers own prints will take up to 4 months to be ready, each participant will receive a limited edition print in the mail.