Nude Modelling On a Glacier in The Alps

Published on 20.07.2007 - General Info

In order to raise public opinion on climate change, Greenpeace will be organizing an interesting photo shoot.

"Pose nude for Greenpeace!" The motto is clear and so is the announcement: the ecological organisation is looking for several hundred people willing to pose nude on a glacier for photographer Spencer Tunick, within the framework of a public awareness campaign.

Spencer Tunick is not an unknown photographer: born in 1967 in Middletown, Connecticut, this American became famous thanks to his pictures of people posing nude collectively. What he does is that he stages thousands of men and women, naked, within the heart of a city. Two months ago, the record was broken by totalling 18 000 participants in downtown Mexico, at the famous Plaza Zocalo.

The messages underlying these photo shoots are not always very transparent. Some believe of course that the yankee photographer takes advantage of any motto or occasion, surpassing any given limit that will bring him good publicity such as photographer Oliviero Toscani did, from the Benetton brand, a couple of years ago.

But this time, the motto will hit all those who, in one way or another, wish to fight climate change. "Uncover yourself before the glacier. Take your clothes off to protect the climate!", declared Greenpeace Switzerland on the international wavelengths a few days ago. "The lay-out symbolises glacier vulnerability and the human body's fragility", says Greenpeace. "The pictures should move the population and motivate them to act now against climate change."

For those interested in this adventure, the photo shoot should take place on August 18 and 19 (or the following week, depending on meteorological conditions). Sign up on the Greenpeace Switzerland website, the location of the shooting is secret.

Further Information

For those of you who wish to learn more about the abnormal glacier melt, we have chosen a few web sites or press articles that speak notably of the subject: