An unbelievable sight was observed last weekend near the Dead Sea in Southern Israel, where hundreds of naked men and women were seen walking and posing in white paint.
Award-winning US artist Spencer Tunick returned to the region to photograph his latest art installation. He is known for organising nude photoshoots to highlight ecological destruction. 
Around 300 male and female volunteers were stripped naked to draw attention to the receding shorelines of the Dead Sea.
The artist stated that the closing of Mineral Beach by the Dead Sea calls for a reminder to spread awareness about the issue.
On Sunday, the people posed for the American photographer who has earlier carried similar installations in other exotic locations around the world, including French wine country, a Swiss glacier and a beach in South Africa.
The photoshoot was promoted by Israel's Tourism Ministry.
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"My visit to Israel was an experience for me and I am always happy to return here and photograph in the only country in the Middle East that allows art such as this," said Tunick.
His last installation at the Dead Sea was in 2011.
The beach has been shut for the visitors after mammoth sinkholes started to appear along the stretch. According to a BBC report, the subjects of the shoot were painted in white like those of the sea salt columns from the Dead Sea.
“It’s the duality between vulnerability and power of the body that I am interested in. The nude person is a very powerful entity, but at the same time, we are very vulnerable. Being nude can elevate information," BBC quoted Tunick.
The volunteers gathered in the early afternoon on Sunday, stripped and smeared their bodies in white paint in the desert outside the Israeli city of Arad. in the hour-long shoot, the artist indulges in positioning the volunteers and the camera.
The organisers hoped that the installation will draw people’s attention to the importance of protecting and preserving the Dead Sea.
In recent decades, the salty water body at earth’s lowest point has been steadily fading as Israel and its neighbours have averted upstream water sources for agriculture.
Israel’s Tourism Ministry said they hope the artistic installation would attract visitors to the place since teh country has been closed off to foreign travellers since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic but is gradually opening for vaccinated travellers as its caseload is decreasing across the world.
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Meanwhile, a few Jewish communities have shown objection to the artist’s installation.
Tunick’s works have received objections in the past. An Israeli lawmaker earlier had pushed for a ‘Spencer Tunick’ bill to ban disrobing in public places.
Responding to the opposition, the artist said, “I feel quite lucky to have a bill named after me to stop me. It’s an honour. Thank you. But I think there should be a bill that it’s a requirement to be naked at least once in your life for one of my works."