Naked Montréal 2006

[hm0504]

Looks like Montréal is the hotspot for photographing the urban nude. Came across this today:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/url.asp?/culture/expositions...1-naked_montreal.asp

(Radio-Canada is the French version of Canada's public broadcaster.)

Allowing for my somewhat imperfect French, it looks like the photographer, Henning von Berg is looking for au naturel models to sign up for urban Montréal photo shoots to take place in 2006. The article provides the contact email.

(Note: you can click on the >>> symbol under the photo to see three other photos by Henning von Berg taken in Berlin and Sydney.)

[hm0504]

Looks like Montréal is the hotspot for photographing the urban nude. Came across this today:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/url.asp?/culture/expositions...1-naked_montreal.asp

(Radio-Canada is the French version of Canada's public broadcaster.)

Allowing for my somewhat imperfect French, it looks like the photographer, Henning von Berg is looking for au naturel models to sign up for urban Montréal photo shoots to take place in 2006. The article provides the contact email.

(Note: you can click on the >>> symbol under the photo to see three other photos by Henning von Berg taken in Berlin and Sydney.)

[Eric6420]

This photographer have taken photos of nudes (naked men and women)right in the german parliament in Berlin! No complaints! Some people even applaud him!

There is really a huge difference about the attitudes about nudity between the two continents, even if Montreal is more liberal than most of North America.

His photos was exposed for the Gay Pride in Montreal this week.

[Nu]

One gets the impression that since there is an e-mail contact to reply to in the report, that participants may be limited-unlike the crowds that are encouraged under the Tunick shoots.

Certainly, they should have little trouble finding people. I understand the Tunick shoot on Montreal's St. Catherine Street was very well attended.

[hm0504]

I think Spencer Tunick also asked people to sign up beforehand. I imagine any such artist would want to give some guidance directly, through email, to the models before the event.

[HvB]

Hello Albinus,
Here is Henning von Berg who is planning to photograph NAKED MONTREAL in the summer of 2006. I am a nudist by passion and since 7 years I am photographing naked people. As I am not looking for perfect bodies, I prefer to work with amatuers of all genders and all ages. Many of my photographs have been published in international books and calendars. Obviously people like my style.

In 1999, I photographed nude men inside Germany's parliament building Reichstag and on public streets of Berlin (http://www.henning-von-berg.com/Engl.../reichstag.htm).

In 2005, I photographed naked women on the other side of the globe in downtown Sydney.
In 2006 I would like to photograph nude women and men in the city of Montreal.

Often my art work is compared to the photographer colleague Spencer Tunick but actually it is totally different. When I started my group shoots with nudtity in public I did not know about Spencer. No question, I am a fan of his strong images but my pictures certainly are absolutely different. My main goal is to document the action (amateur nude models) and the re-action (passers-by and tourists) who are whitnessing the shoots. Most times, hundreds of pedestrians are standing around, whistling and laughing and applauding to the whimsical scene.

My photography is not about huge masses of anonymous
bodies. But I like to make controversal comments and social-political statements by showing the 'sudden interaction' caused by spontanious nudity in public.

In general my photography is very humorous. You can see that the members of my groups are really having fun.

My artistic motto: "Provocative photos for people who understand the fine difference between sexuality and sensuality!"

Sorry about my limited English.
Best regards,
Henning

[HvB]

There is a French article in the section arts & culture of Montreal's newspaper LE DEVOIR about the work of both artists, American Spencer Tunic and German Henning von Berg.

Please check at:
http://www.ledevoir.com/2005/07/27/87012.html

Sincerely,
Henning

[Journeyman]

quote:

Originally posted by HvB:
I am a nudist by passion and since 7 years I am photographing naked people. ...My photography is not about huge masses of anonymous
bodies. ...
In general my photography is very humorous. You can see that the members of my groups are really having fun.

My artistic motto: "Provocative photos for people who understand the fine difference between sexuality and sensuality!"

Hi Henning,

Welcome to the Forums! Judging from a quick look at your photos on your website, and having seen several of Tunick's, your seem to show more of an appreciation and ease with the nude body.

I remember seeing a documentary on Tunick on television, and at one of his shoots at a US naturist beach, he was quite uncomfortable, it seemed, with his own nude body. AND he didn't particularly like the naturists he was photographing!

Somehow I don't see you sharing his style; nor do I. I'm a self-taught photographer who has had to take photos of naturists to accompany some of my newspaper and magazine articles. My amateur models are as comfortable with me as I am with them because we are all naturists! (One of my shots is below)

best wishes,
Journeyman in Canada

[hm0504]

quote:

Originally posted by Journeyman:

quote:

Originally posted by HvB:
I am a nudist by passion and since 7 years I am photographing naked people. ...My photography is not about huge masses of anonymous
bodies. ...
In general my photography is very humorous. You can see that the members of my groups are really having fun.

My artistic motto: "Provocative photos for people who understand the fine difference between sexuality and sensuality!"

Hi Henning,

Welcome to the Forums! Judging from a quick look at your photos on your website, and having seen several of Tunick's, your seem to show more of an appreciation and ease with the nude body.

I remember seeing a documentary on Tunick on television, and at one of his shoots at a US naturist beach, he was quite uncomfortable, it seemed, with his own nude body. AND he didn't particularly like the naturists he was photographing!

Somehow I don't see you sharing his style; nor do I. I'm a self-taught photographer who has had to take photos of naturists to accompany some of my newspaper and magazine articles. My amateur models are as comfortable with me as I am with them because we are all naturists! (One of my shots is below)

best wishes,
Journeyman in Canada

Hi Henning,
Thanks for the info. Your English if fine, indeed better than that of some native English speakers here; please continue to contribute to ClothesFree Forums.

With regard to Journeyman's comments on Spencer Tunick at the nude beach...

Based on the information in the documentary, the problem was Spencer wanted to do a serious piece of art whereas many of the nudists thought it was a "let's have fun" event. I'm not blaming the nudists, but I think the reality is that for a Spencer Tunick shoot, it is more important that one have at least a minimal understanding of art than it is to be a nudist.

I also didn't get the feel Spencer was uncomfortable with his body, not at all; rather that he was uncomfortable not having pockets which he needed for his work.

[Journeyman]

quote:

...in the documentary, the problem was Spencer wanted to do a serious piece of art whereas many of the nudists thought it was a "let's have fun" event. I'm not blaming the nudists, but I think the reality is that for a Spencer Tunick shoot, it is more important that one have at least a minimal understanding of art than it is to be a nudist.

I also didn't get the feel Spencer was uncomfortable with his body, not at all; rather that he was uncomfortable not having pockets which he needed for his work.

Well, I did see the doc quite awhile ago, so I stand corrected if this was indeed the problem.

But wouldn't you say that if the naturists just wanted to "have fun", then wasn't it miscommunication imparted from the Tunick organizers?

I do think Tunick's photos are very artistic and beautifully crafted and posed: I'm just not a fan of the "mass bodies" ones I've seen. IMHO, many of his individual and couple shots are quite evocative.