Derek Serra outed as D'Angelo

IN WHAT must come as a surprise for many nude artists, a Cape Town photographer, Derek Serra, has announced that he plans to take naked photographs in the city as part of "an exhibition of D'Angelo". Exactly who or what D'Angelo is, remains a mystery, however according to Media 24, an often hysterical news site, D'Angelo is now "an Italian photographer, well-known for his photographs of nude subjects." and not the international pop singer as some would suppose.

Previous media installments from international tabloid company, The Independent Group, have painted a picture of a "public nudity spectacle" with massed groupings of naked Capetonians enjoying the summer weather without any clothing at all. However, after initial hopes that this would mark a breakthrough for the pent-up frustrations felt by many citizens still forced to wear clothing by a fuddy duddy local government and imprisoned by less than common sense in the mother of all conventions, such hopes could be dashed and the bid could turn out to be nothing more than a hoax.

Are we still stuck in fashionable business suits that have become de rigeur attire in the terribly trendy Cape Town, pretending to be artists involved with public nudity? "At best the whole thing is a publicty stunt that that will do nothing but drop ones shorts in the muck," that's according to one art critic who should know." We beg to differ and hope something more edifying comes of all this talk. Will Capetonians bare all, or simply forget to put on their clothing this summer? The Naked Artist Blogsite will keep you updated and we can only hope that the city that gave us beaches like Sandy Bay has something more risque up its err, lets just call it a sleave and leave it at that.

Here's that strange missive from Media 24 again:

Capetonians to bare all

Cape Town - A handful of Capetonians are willing to pose in the nude for photographs soon.
Cape Town photographer Derek Serra plans to take nude photographs in Cape Town to form part of an exhibition of D'Angelo, an Italian photographer well-known for his photographs of nude subjects.
The exhibition is entitled Nude World and will be held in 2007. Serra's photo project will start on September 20. The local photographer decided that South Africa simply had to be part of this exhibition. "There are already 40 people who are interested - most of them male," Serra said on Sunday.
"Maybe South African women are still a bit conservative for such photos?"
The photographs will show individuals going about their ordinary business in the nude.
Serra said ever photo tells a story and symbolises "freedom".
The project will take two months to complete.
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