Bondi Beach sees thousands stripping for cancer awareness photo shoot

Tunick, right, stands next to models covering themselves with large leaves, as he talks about his cancer awareness photography project at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Photo: AP

Some 2,500 people took off their clothes on Saturday to pose for US photographer/artist Spencer Tunick at Sydney's Bondi Beach in an effort to raise awareness about skin cancer.

Tunick, known for staging mass nude photo shoots at world landmarks, used a megaphone to direct attendees into several poses on the beach before many took a naked dip in the ocean.