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| Naked Sydney people make a point | Naked Sydney people make a point |
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| More than 5,000 people have shed their clothing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to pose for a photograph by the American artist Spencer Tunick. | More than 5,000 people have shed their clothing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to pose for a photograph by the American artist Spencer Tunick. |
| The organisers had only expected about half that number to take part. | The organisers had only expected about half that number to take part. |
| The installation had been commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend. | The installation had been commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend. |
| For once the eye was diverted away from the magnificent white sails of the Sydney Opera House. | For once the eye was diverted away from the magnificent white sails of the Sydney Opera House. |
| It was drawn instead to the tableau of naked flesh assembled on its steps. | |
| "Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society," Tunick said. | "Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society," Tunick said. |
| More than 5,000 men and women shed their clothing - people of all ages, shapes and sizes, who were undeterred by the chilly pre-dawn weather on this, the first morning of the southern autumn. | More than 5,000 men and women shed their clothing - people of all ages, shapes and sizes, who were undeterred by the chilly pre-dawn weather on this, the first morning of the southern autumn. |
| Tunick, famed for his snapshots of mass nudity in public spaces, had been commissioned by the organisers of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend. | Tunick, famed for his snapshots of mass nudity in public spaces, had been commissioned by the organisers of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend. |
| The naked models included a pregnant woman, who went straight to hospital afterwards to give birth, and a television weatherman whose viewers got to see considerably more than his usual Monday morning forecast. | The naked models included a pregnant woman, who went straight to hospital afterwards to give birth, and a television weatherman whose viewers got to see considerably more than his usual Monday morning forecast. |