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5,200 people stripped off their clothing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to pose for a photograph by the American artist Spencer Tunick.
More than 5,000 Australians gathered under magnificent Opera House to pose without any piece of thread on their bodies, this installation was commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Photo was captured by American artist Spence Tunick, who is famed for snapshots of mass nudity in public spaces. He was commissioned by the organisers of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend. In his words: “Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society”.
Organizers were expecting audience to be half of the size that showed up. There were all types of people in the composition of models. It included a pregnant woman, who went straight to hospital afterwards to give birth, and a television weatherman whose forecasts were more than usual. A

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