The latest news is that Spencer Tunick is doing another installation and this time he is coming to England on the the 1st and 2nd Mat 2010 to Salford in the Manchester, England area. This is a photoshoot to celebrate 10th birthday of the famous Lowry museum in the local area. What exactly Lowry himself might have made at the site of hundreds of people posing em-masse in their natural birthday suits is hard to say.

You can volunteer for the photoshoot and detailed information on the Salford Spencer Tunick shoot can be found on the Lowry website. The photoshoot takes place over 2 days and you do not need to worry if it is cold as heated buses with covered windows will be used to transport the participants around to the locations being used.

If you want to see the resulting photos without participating, you can see the art exhibition at the Lowry between the 12th June and the 26th September.

Get ready to shed your clothes for the latest Spencer Tunick mass photo shoot. Spencer has been quiet in recent times but he is back on March 1st 2010 in Sydney.

Full details of the photoshoot and how to participate are included on the Sydney Mardi Gras website. Following the link above and you can find the sign up form to participate in the naked photo shoot in Sydney in 2 weeks time.

If you are new to Spencer Tunick - you can see his work on the official Spencer Tunick website.

Update: New info added about Barcelona naturism on the Barcelona Culture website online.

Naturist Updates:

Cap d'Agde website: A big clean up and complete redesign has gone live on the top Cap d'Agde website with a significant extra number of pages and topics. New areas added include the Country Guides section which Naturism in Portugal a sample page.

Relaxation Centre cancels clothing optional Sunday's: For those of you who have been enjoying the chance of clothing optional Sunday's in the Relaxation Centre in Bristol, England should be aware that they have now cancelled the clothing optional day and now it is swimsuits only.

Bookings for Cap d'Agde - You are advised to book as early as possible if you are heading to Cap d'Agde this 2010 season. Many of the apartments book out in January and February for the season and then it becomes a matter of getting what you can after that quite often. You have been warned.

For those ladies reading this blog who think often about wishing they could express themselves more and shedding those clothes, or for those women who are simply exhibitionists, Nic Green might be your answer.

Nic Green has been getting a lot of media coverage since her show at the Edinburgh Festival in 2009 and this weekend several newspapers including this weekends UK Sunday Times and the Guardian a week ago (read about Nic Green) have discussed her latest performance.

With 3 live performances of Nic Green's play Trilogy coming up, up to 100 naked local women in each venue will get on stage and perform a dance routine to the audience. The show comes in three parts in all and with the play about feminism and the expression of women, as a women you can participate in this event or watch it. Nic Green is becoming the UK's equivalent of Spencer Tunick, in that she is dedicated to the human form in a way intended for art and expression.

Nudist Cruising has never really taken off en-masse but there are options and locations such as the Caribbean with its warm weather, offer a great location. There are a few options and in the news recently has been the idea that new cruises for naturists might start from Port Canaveral in Florida, USA. Countries such as Croatia and Spain sometimes act as locations for naturist cruise stopovers, as does Portugal and Greece.

Some possible nudist cruise options include:

• Bare Necessities 2010 and 2011 cruises. They have Hawaiian Island and a European cruises on offer for 2010 and 2011.
• Hedonism 3 in the Caribbean offer a local sailing style cruise.

Are you aware of any other naturist cruises we can highlight here? Email us via paul (at) capdagdefrance.co.uk

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you might feel it is getting too cold to enjoy the naturism lifestyle these days. For Christmas and the winter months though, if you can afford to, there are numerous locations you can head to, for some winter sun and clothes free relaxation.

Caribbean - Islands such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic both have naturist resorts which offer excellent facilities and are well organised for events and for packages. Resorts such as Braco Village (Grand Lido Braco) are popular.

Florida, USA - is an excellent location between September and March, with those months in season and with temperatures between 70 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit for the most part. A resort such as Caliente naturist resort near to Tampa on the West coast is a very good resort.

Mexico - Mexico also has a couple of very good resorts and the likes of 'Hidden Bay Resort' is in a great coastal location and caters for naturism.

In the meantime, it's a good time to start planning for Cap d'Agde bookings because some of the accommodation types get booked out early.