Glamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
March 1997. Alluring Andalusian mannequin. Seville, Spain. BUY Digital File
“Plastic Girls” episode 3. Spanish Mannequins
This is the third part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain in 1980 and 1997. Read the first episode. Read the second episode.
The images are available for purchase with a Royalty-Free license.
Curiosities and tech specifications.
I was impressed by Spanish mannequins. Aggressive, often exaggerate, sexy and colorful,
no matter if they were in the northern Basque region, or in southern Andalusia.
I took the 1980 photos with a Nikon FM with a 50 or 24mm lens. The film was an Agfachrome 50. Instead, in 1997 I used a Leica M3 with Visoflex, which transformed the camera into a reflex. The lens was a Leitz Tele-Elmar 135, a great sharp and tri-dimensional glass. The films I used were Kodachrome 25 or the color negative Fuji Reala.
March 1997.
Sexy mannequin in a wedding dress. Seville, Spain
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Copyright and credits
Photographs by Roberto Bigano.
All the images in this post are copyrighted.
Tutte le immagini di questo post sono coperte da copyright.
About Roberto Bigano
Roberto's eye by Francesco Piras.
All the pictures on this page are by Roberto Bigano, an Italian photographer based in Verona, with branches in Naples and New York City. He developed special digital and high-resolution photography skills and taught photography at international workshops and conferences.
His books include Divina Bugatti and The Non-existing Knight, as well as countless art books, such as Berrocal for IVAM.
His work is a fascinating blend of high-profile projects, such as the high-resolution reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's works, and personal projects, starting from "Plastic Girls" and "Wonderful Mistakes," and most recently, a captivating exploration of New York City's Art Deco Architecture.
Read all Roberto's stories on this site.
About Roberto Bigano.
Browse or Buy his pictures as hi-res files in the Roberto Bigano Archive.
Browse or Buy his Fine-Art Prints
Dedicated pages on his works on Ikonographia: Bugatti Automobili, Bburago, "Plastic Girls" (Mannequins), Sardinia Artistic Bread.