About 1,000 pose nude for Spencer Tunick

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Spencer Tunick in Donostia-San Sebastián

Contemporary artist Spencer Tunick is widely known for his nude figures. This time, the photographer has chosen the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián for his public setting.

At first, he expected about 300 volunteers to attend for his new creation, but he has been gladly surprised when about 1,000 have been attracted to the place. All of them have posed for his contemporary picture.

The session was scheduled to begin at 6am, but it has been delayed until 8am to finish at 12:30 in the interior rooms of the Kursaal convention centre, to make the most of the daylight.

But there is one thing he has requested: no famous in these sorts of pictures. The North-American artist seeks to find the "individual within the mass," but in any case should the attention focus on a specific person, he has stressed.

"People told me that in the Basque country they are shy but this is probe that Basques aren't shy with their bodies, with life. They enjoy everything to the fullest and I am so happy that I want to come back to the Basque country," Tunick said after the shoot.

Photography Foundation Ordóñez Falcón (COFF) with the support of the Gipuzkoa county council and private sponsors, have made this work possible. A sample could be available next year in Donostia-San Sebastián.