naked mexicans invade town square

more than 18,000 people stripped down to their birthday suits on sunday. all in the name of art.

u.s. photographer spencer tunick staged his biggest photo shoot yet in mexico city. this is probably one of the biggest art movements mexico has experienced since frida kahlo.

Standing up to salute, crouching in fetal positions and lying prone on the tiles of the Zocalo plaza, the volunteers formed a sea of flesh that Tunick snapped from balconies and a small crane in the morning light.

"What a moment for the Mexican art scene!" Tunick said in a news conference. "I think all eyes are looking south from the United Sates to Mexico City to see how a
country can be free and treat the naked body as art. Not as pornography or as a
crime, but with happiness and caring."

The Brooklyn, New York, artist has become famous for photographing thousands of naked people in public settings worldwide, from London and Vienna to Buenos Aires and Buffalo.

in related news, there is a predicted surge in the mexican population nine months from now. after all, mexico city isn't the most populated city in the world for nothing.

(via cnn)