1,000 pose nude at Blarney Castle

Updated: 22:08, Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Around 1,100 people have taken part in a Spencer Tunick installation at Blarney Castle in Cork.

1 of 2 Blarney Castle Nude art installation
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Nude art installation
2 of 2 Art A previous Spencer Tunick work
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A previous Spencer Tunick work
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Nine News: Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports from Blarney Castle where artist Spencer Tunik photographed a large group of naked volunteers
Nine News: Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports from Blarney Castle where artist Spencer Tunik photographed a large group of naked volunteers
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Six One News: Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports on the Blarney event featuring a large group of naked people
Six One News: Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports on the Blarney event featuring a large group of naked people

Around 1,100 people have taken part in a Spencer Tunick installation at Blarney Castle in Cork.

The event was part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

The artist, who specialises in the celebration of the nude form, has photographed over 75 site specific related installations around the world.

He will stage another installation in Dublin on Saturday in conjunction with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

  • Morning Ireland: Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports on the staging of a naked group photo session by Spencer Tunick at Blarney Castle

    Morning Ireland

    17 June 2008

    Sinéad Crowley, Arts & Media Correspondent, reports on the staging of a naked group photo session by Spencer Tunick at Blarney Castle

  • Morning Ireland: Sinéad Crowley says there were more than 1,000 people taking part in the naked photo shoot

    Morning Ireland

    17 June 2008

    Sinéad Crowley says there were more than 1,000 people taking part in the naked photo shoot

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