100 women joined forces and display their naked bodies at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2016.
The protest, organised by photographer Spencer Tunick, is aimed at combating the ‘hateful rhetoric’ that Donald Trump and his followers have directed at women.
Over 1,800 women signed up to participate. Each participant submitted a statement explaining their reason for getting involved. One wanted a way to remember her body during pregnancy, another hoped the experience would help her heal after she was sexually assaulted. Some wanted to accept and celebrate their aging bodies, others to leave a positive impact on their daughters.
The women came together outside Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena the day before the convention was scheduled to start.
Cleveland-based participant Jennifer Dienes traditionally votes Republican, but was disgusted with the bigotry and hostility Trump ushered into the party’s ethos. She originally supported Rand Paul, but now is leaning Libertarian. “I don’t support the Republican party with Trump at the forefront,” she explained, while speaking to Huffington Post.
Dienes had never participated in a nude photo shoot before, or anything similar. “There were a few people trying to scare me out of it,” she said. “A lot of people were saying, ‘My mom is going to kill me!’ But it was presented in a classy, peaceful way. Sometimes you just have to stand up for what’s right. I’m proud of what I did.”
The project rejects the sexualization, objectification and prohibition of the woman’s nude figure. 
