Dusty Chalk Posted July 10, 2016 Report Posted July 10, 2016 Hull is to be made the UK City of Culture in 2017, and the American photographer Spencer Tunick was commissioned to commemorate this.His brief was to photograph hundreds of the city's residents in a setting that recalls Hull's seafaring history.Tunick said of the installation:"I’m very interested in the history of the city and its place as a seafaring centre and its relationship to a rich maritime past.It intrigues me that in some places where there are major streets or parks today, previously there was water. To reflect this I’ll be using body paint so that the massed people create the idea of a sea of humanity flooding the urban landscape."
Craig Sawyers Posted July 10, 2016 Report Posted July 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: 3200 people in Hull. Hull - how on earth that number of people in *Hull* were persuaded to strip, then be spray painted shades of the sea from head to feet is a matter of astonishment. All shapes, sizes and ages. It was the news coverage, where this mass of people walked through the city centre. Absolutely no passers by took the blindest interest - almost "Well - this is Hull on a Saturday morning - what can you expect?" In this world of woe, this all leaves me refreshed and makes me smile. 3
Dusty Chalk Posted July 10, 2016 Report Posted July 10, 2016 Translation: 11 hours ago, Craig Sawyers said: How in Hull did this happen?
Knuckledragger Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Posted July 12, 2016 Yenisei river, Siberia. Kikuletwa Hot Springs, Tanzania. The most recurring word in each country's Wikipedia article. Star trails and northern lights, Norway. 4
Craig Sawyers Posted July 12, 2016 Report Posted July 12, 2016 You have truly surpassed yourself with that last collection, Knucks. Truly superb!
aardvark baguette Posted July 13, 2016 Report Posted July 13, 2016 Not an endorsement, its just too damn funny not to post. 1
Knuckledragger Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Posted July 13, 2016 It's an office key. Pew Pew Pew. Washington DC, 1960. Early Morning at Lake Tahoe. Cache Valley, Utah. 1
Knuckledragger Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Posted July 15, 2016 It's not THAT obscure a reference. Wehlnadel in Saxon Switzerland, Germany by Jens Böhme. Saxon Switzerland. Lightning Strike from Greymouth Beach, New Zealand. A 1949 Delahaye. Torres del Paine, Chile by Russmosis. Machining a Space Shuttle Main Engine injector in 1977. Neptune Statue, Cape Charles. Cassis France. 1
Knuckledragger Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Posted July 17, 2016 Ladies drinking wine in Cannes, 1958. London's Tower Bridge under construction in 1889. Peace River, British Columbia, Canada - Dawn of Fog. Havasu Falls, Arizona. Sunset in Valparaíso, Chile. 1
Knuckledragger Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) A wall built around Donald Trump star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1955 GMC Universelle. 47 years ago today. Lake Tahoe, California. Portland at Night. Maple Loop Pass, Washington. Astoria Lights. Isola Bella in Sicily. Jotunheimen. Click for Mars. Edited July 21, 2016 by Knuckledragger 1
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