Mexico City residents gear up to go nude

Many Mexico City residents are gearing up to take their clothes off, in anticipation of a renowned photographer's arrival in the Mexican capital.

The photographer, Spencer Tunick of New York, is known for persuading whole crowds to strip and pose for photographs, The San Antonio News-Express reported.

Four years ago in Barcelona, Spain, Tunick persuaded a crowd of 7,000 people to get naked for the camera.

"If I am feeling crazy, maybe I will do it," Lilian Lopez, 18, said as she rested from rollerblading on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. "I think I'd be embarrassed."

But many are enthusiastic, even thrilled, about the idea. Mexico City is more liberal than the rest of the country and is known as a place where outrageous behavior is tolerated, the newspaper said.

Participants must sign up online to pose, and security will be in place outside the photo site so participants will not get their clothes or valuables stolen during the shoot, the newspaper reported.