Kathleen “K.C.” Neill was arrested on Wednesday for posing nude at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Neill, 26, was posing for photographer Zack Hyman, who has been getting attention for photographing nude models on the subway and other public areas in New York City.
Ironically, Hyman, 22, says his inspiration for the series he calls “Nude Yorkers” came from the nude paintings in the Met.
Neill, who was busted during the photo shoot in a gallery at the museum’s arms and armor department faces charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and public lewdness for posing naked in full view of visitors.
Hyman insists his photos are not pornographic. According to defense attorney Donald Schechter, the museum is full of nude art, and to call what Hyman and Neill were doing obscenity “is ridiculous.”
View video from the nude photo shoot below: