Ever since Random International's dramatically photogenic "Rain Room"—an installation in which faux rain falls everywhere except for on the visitor drew shockingly large crowds when it debuted in London in 2012 and everywhere it traveled after, it has only become increasingly clear what the people really want: a photo op.
Although there is little explicit sex visible in these images, they still give off plenty of heat, much of it sparked by the shockingly bold onlookers who crowd around the couples like moths drawn to a flame — voyeurs whose presence implicates both the photographer and the viewer.
The crowd was shockingly diverse – probably half the crowd were black or latinx.
"When the reviews reveal that it's shockingly fair, the 'Fahrenheit 9/11' crowd will stay away.
When the Clumber spaniel, a dog that looks like it has received a head transplant, appeared on camera, it was so shockingly cute that the crowd started to scream.
I first saw the couple perform on tiny cafeteria stage at UCLA, where they stunned the crowd by being shockingly... happy.
The crowd, previously fervent and enthused, suddenly and shockingly fell silent.
There was no DJ the night I was there, but I sat at a table as the sun went down and the crowd slowly changed, becoming younger and, not shockingly, more inebriated.
But hiding in plain sight -- well, plain sight if you live in East Flatbush, Brooklyn -- is a free Monday-night series behind a public high school that has shockingly good bookings and, for better or worse, gets huge crowds.
