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More than hundred women posed naked with mirrors in
Cleveland on Sunday, July 17, in answer to a photographer’s call to blend art with politics
and portray Donald Trump as unfit for the White House.
Cleveland on Sunday, July 17, in answer to a photographer’s call to blend art with politics
and portray Donald Trump as unfit for the White House.
The women gathered on the eve of the Republican National Convention, where
the New York billionaire officially anointed the party’s nominee for
president after winning the primary race.
the New York billionaire officially anointed the party’s nominee for
president after winning the primary race.
Entitled “Everything She Says Means Everything,” the photo art
featured women of all shapes, colors and sizes participated, holding up
mirrors toward the arena.
featured women of all shapes, colors and sizes participated, holding up
mirrors toward the arena.
“He is a loser,” photographer Spencer Tunick told AFP after the
sunrise shoot in which 130 women took part. One hundred of them will be
featured in the picture to be unveiled shortly before the November 8
election. The installation took place on private property in sight of the arena
where the convention kicks off on Monday.
sunrise shoot in which 130 women took part. One hundred of them will be
featured in the picture to be unveiled shortly before the November 8
election. The installation took place on private property in sight of the arena
where the convention kicks off on Monday.
Tunick’s website said the mirrors reflected “the knowledge and wisdom
of progressive women and the concept of ‘Mother Nature’… onto the
convention center, city scape and horizon of Cleveland.”
of progressive women and the concept of ‘Mother Nature’… onto the
convention center, city scape and horizon of Cleveland.”
The artist is well known for his sometimes startling images of nude
people. But Tunick told AFP he thought it was his most political shoot
ever, saying he felt compelled to take action as just voting against Trump at the ballot box in November was not enough.
“I have two daughters and a wife,” he said. “I can’t believe the
language and rhetoric of hate against women and minorities coming from
the Republican Party.”
language and rhetoric of hate against women and minorities coming from
the Republican Party.”
Po Kinnord, 55, an art professor and artist, said she took part
because she loved Tunick’s work and happened to be visiting her niece in
the city where she grew up.
because she loved Tunick’s work and happened to be visiting her niece in
the city where she grew up.
Currently living in New Orleans, she said the installation opposed
Republicans who were making Americans afraid, by telling them they
should fear Muslims and immigrants.
Republicans who were making Americans afraid, by telling them they
should fear Muslims and immigrants.
“To be totally naked and out in the open and to be fearless is what we need to be,” Kinnord explained.
Kinnord said she would “never” vote for Trump and expressed hope that
Britain’s recent referendum voting to leave the European Union had been a
wake-up call against complacency in the US election.
Britain’s recent referendum voting to leave the European Union had been a
wake-up call against complacency in the US election.
Morning Robinson, 18, who took part with her mother, said she
wanted to do something a little different before going off to college
that
would enable her to express herself freely.
wanted to do something a little different before going off to college
that
would enable her to express herself freely.
“I was really nervous at first,” but it felt good being out in the
open and not afraid of her body, she said. “Republicans have this view
of how women should be in society and I
just don’t agree. I don’t know exactly, I just know their
views don’t match mine.
