“When you see 300 people naked in Grand Central Station, or a river of flesh flowing through the beauty aisles of Selfridges department store, it makes you think about all sorts of social and political issues.”

— Spencer Tunick

Over 1,700 men and women strip naked in square in Germany.. and not a sun lounger in sight, 2012

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