About 1,800 people in Vienna stripped naked on Sunday for US photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final.
 
About 1,800 people in Vienna stripped naked on Sunday for US photographer Spencer Tunick at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final.

Tunick, who regularly stages such mass nude¹ events, arranged his subjects in the red seats of the venue², having been told by organizers the grass was too precious.

"It will be fun. Austria is very conservative. This might bring more openness," said Michael, a 20-year-old Austrian who drove for two hours to take part. Others came from Germany and elsewhere.

Tunick spoke³ to his models over the public address system, telling the men and women to spread out in sections of the stands and strike different poses. He told them not to smile or laugh and to remove sunglasses.

The stadium stages seven matches of the Euro 2008 soccer championship, being jointly⁴ hosted by Switzerland and Austria next month, including the final on June 29.

"This very special ephemeral installation that we are inviting⁵ you to be part of is devised to capture and combine the spirit of sports, the grand sweeping⁶ waves of stadium architecture and the abstract relation of the human form to modern structures," Tunick said on his website.

One of Tunick's latest stunts⁷ was on a Swiss glacier⁸, where 600 people stripped off in temperatures of about 10 Celsius⁹ last August.

His biggest was last year in Mexico City with 18,000 people. The next after Vienna are planned for Cork¹⁰, Ireland, on June 17 and Dublin on June 21.

Sponsors of Tunick's latest event included a body promoting the soccer festival and Austrian railways, which gave participants free tickets.

Those taking part were volunteers who were offered a limited edition copy of the photo.

约1800人于上周日齐聚即将举办2008年“欧洲杯”决赛的体育场，他们脱光衣服配合美国摄影师斯宾瑟•图尼克拍摄集体裸照。

由于主办方说草坪代价太高，所以图尼克把参与拍照的人们安排在了场馆看台红色的座椅间。图尼克经常组织这种大规模的集体裸照拍摄活动。

20岁的迈克尔驱车两小时前来参加拍摄，他说：“这个活动很有意思。奥地利是个非常保守的国家。这样的活动也许能给我们带来一些开放的气息。”前来参加拍摄的人有的来自德国和其它一些地方。

图尼克通过公共广播系统告诉男女模特们在看台上分散开并指导他们摆出各种不同的姿势，还让他们摘掉太阳镜，不许笑。

将于下月开幕的2008年“欧洲杯”足球赛由瑞士和奥地利共同承办，届时将有七场比赛在该体育场举行，其中包括6月29日的决赛。

图尼克在他的个人网站上说：“我们邀请您参加的这个特殊短暂的艺术活动是为了捕捉体育精神和球场的宏伟气势并把它们结合起来，展现人体与现代建筑之间的抽象关系。”

图尼克于去年8月邀请了600人在瑞士一处只有10摄氏度的冰川上拍摄集体裸照，这是他最近的几大“创举”之一。

图尼克组织的规模最大的一次活动是去年在墨西哥城举办的一次共有18000人参加的集体拍摄。在维也纳活动后，他还计划于6月17日在爱尔兰的科克，6月21日在都柏林举行类似活动。

图尼克维也纳拍摄活动的赞助方包括一家“欧洲杯”推广机构和奥地利铁路局，他们为参与拍摄者提供免费车票。

参与拍照的志愿者可获赠一份限量版照片。