Tunick's next nude photo shoot set for Mexican square

Spencer Tunick, internationallyrenowned for featuring nude subjects in his urban landscape photography, hopes to draw his largest crowd ever for an upcoming session in Mexico City, he said on Sunday.

Tunick announced that his next photo shoot would take place May 6 at the city's central Zocalo Square, also known as Plaza de la Constitucion. One of the largest public squares in the world, the site sits on the ruins of a former Aztec temple.

"This could be my largest work ever," the U.S. photographer said at a news conference in Mexico City.

"We're really hoping that all eyes will be on Mexico City on May 6 because this could be bigger than Barcelona."

Tunick, who has staged mass nude photo shoots in cities around the world, set a record at his 2003 Barcelona session, at which approximately 7,000 volunteers shed their clothes to pose for him.

Zocalo Square can hold upwards of 60,000 people.

Tunick had initially applied to stage his Mexico City shoot at the Teotihuacan pyramids outside the capital, but was denied permission for that site.

Tunick began photographing nude figures in public in the early 1990s. Over the years, he has raised eyebrows, gained fame and even been arrested for his photo shoots, at which he directs thousands of volunteers of all shapes and sizes into sculptural forms for his images.

In exchange for posing, the volunteers typically receive a print of the photo.

In 2001, he shotpart ofhis internationally renowned Naked Pavement series in front of Montreal's Museum of Contemporary Art.