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American photographer Spencer Tunick is famous for capturing the image of the nude masses by the thousands in locales from New York to Buenos Aires to London. His presence isn’t always welcomed by local officials, and such is the case in Mexico where his proposal to photograph a gaggle of naked Mexicans at the Teotihuacan ruins isn’t to the liking of some:

“The application has been filed and the National Anthropology and History Institute is evaluating it, but it looks like they won’t let him. It’s not the last word but they have told me it will be rejected,” Alejandro Sarabia, who runs the Teotihuacan site, told Reuters on Monday.

Last year, internet giant Yahoo!’s proposal to to communicate with extraterrestrials via a time capsule at the Teotihuacan site was ultimately rejected by the INAH, as the entity feared damage to the ruins.

According to Reuters, no matter what the final decision by the INAH might be, Tunick’s spokespeople said he will do a shoot in Mexico, either in Mexico City or Teotihuacan. So he’ll do it even without permission? I’m all for subversive art, but I’m also about preserving sacred and ancestral grounds. What do you think?

Via / Stuff.co.nz

Image via artcritical.org