One thousand volunteers are set to strip naked for a public photo shoot marking the 10th anniversary of the Lowry art gallery in Salford.
Spencer Tunick will photograph the models in eight different locations across Manchester and Salford.
Tunick's aim is to capture the movement of everyday people and reflect the work of artist LS Lowry.
The photographs will be part of an exhibition at The Lowry gallery - which is named after the Salford artist. Tunick has photographed thousands of nude volunteers across the world, most recently at the Sydney Opera House last month. But this will be the New York-based photographer's first multiple site installation. Each day 500 volunteers will be taken, via heated buses, to the eight secret locations and asked to pose naked while Tunick creates his piece of work.
The volunteers are expected to be different body shapes and sizes.
Michael Simpson, from The Lowry, said: "I think Lowry would really like it because his whole mission for him was to paint ordinary, everyday people going around their daily lives.
"The people who feature in this project are doing something extraordinary, with no clothes on, but they are just ordinary people, all different colours and shapes and sizes. "He would like the fact that it is not high-brow or pretentious, just ordinary people. He would be amused, even a bit bemused probably."
Much of Laurence Stephen Lowry's art is characterised by matchstick figures and industrial landscapes and his work is often sold for millions at auction. The gallery in Salford houses the world's largest public collection of his works and Tunick said he was inspired to begin this particular project after visiting the gallery. - BBC
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