Around Noon: The Naked Truth: Spencer Tunick in Cleveland

Awards

Ohio Excellence in Journalism
Sponsored by the Press Club of Cleveland
Radio: Use of Sound
First Place

Society for Professional Journalists
Best Human Interest Report (large market)
First Place

David & Toni's Audio Diary

Toni and I were chosen by WCPN as subjects for a radio documentary of Spencer Tunick's record breaking art installation in Cleveland on June 26, 2004.

2,754 of us showed up before dawn to strip naked in the 57 degree, lakeside air, and let him take pictures of us. It was an incredible experience, made all the more special for us as it was Toni and my fifth anniversary.

I would call it indescribeable ... but we did do an awful lot of describing, as you will disocver if you click on the WCPN 90.3 FM logo.

Fun fact: For the broadcast, the intro song was "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You" from Ben Fold's EP "Sunny 16".

Photos lifted from the Plain Dealer, WCPN and angle magazine websites.

Meeting Spencer at MOCA Cleveland.	Arriving before sunrise.
Piles of clothes.	Mad dash of naked people.
A river of bodies flowing up 9th Street.	Genius at work.
Waiting.
The women's set-up.
The men's set-up.
Up since 2:30 am ... and it was only breakfast time.	The chosen image - on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art.