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Bondi was declared a nude beach until 10am, as thousands of Sydneysiders stripped for skin cancer awareness
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Bondi Beach as the sun rose on Saturday morning.
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
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The installation was commissioned by charity Skin Check Champions to coincide with National Skin Cancer Action Week.
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
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Sydneysiders braved the outdoors and the ocean despite cold temperatures and intermittent rain.
Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters
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About 2,500 people posed for the art installation.
Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
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Organiser Scott Maggs said before the shoot: ‘We hope this artwork can get people’s attention and save people from our national cancer.’
Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP
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A section of Bondi Beach was declared a temporary nude beach after a change to local laws allowed the event to go ahead.
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Two in three people are diagnosed with the condition by the age of 70.
Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
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Participants during the shoot.
Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
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US photographer Spencer Tunick is famous for organising large-scale nude shoots.
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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The last time Tunick was in Sydney, more than 5,000 people disrobed in front of the Opera House as part of Mardi Gras in 2010.
Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP
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Spencer Tunick instructs the crowd.
Photograph: Don Arnold/WireImage
