These people are painting the town blue in the buff.
On Saturday, about 3,200 people stripped and slathered on one of four shades of blue paint in Kingston upon Hull, England, as part of the “Sea of Hull” art project, which celebrates the city’s maritime culture.
The project was dreamed up by US photographer Spencer Tunick, who was overwhelmed by locals’ support.
REUTERS/Andrew Yates “I can’t believe it,” Tunick told the Daily Mail. “It was cold, it was chilly, people had to put lotionlike paint all over their bodies — every part.”
Participants ranged from millennials to octogenarians.
“It’s beautiful,” Tunick, 49, said. “We are little strokes of paint. Everybody is equal.”
His photographs from the art installation will be displayed next year.
Tunick also plans to hold a similar project, titled “Everything She Says Means Everything,” in which 100 nude women will hold large mirror discs during the week of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
