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.
May 1980.
Mannequin in San Sebastian, Spain.
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May 1980.
Sexy mannequin in a gypsy look. Bilbao, Spain
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May 1980.
Mannequin. Bilbao, Spain
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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.
Alluring Andalusian mannequin. Seville, Spain
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March 1997.
Mannequin in a wedding dress. Seville, Spain
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March 1997.
Sexy mannequin in a wedding dress. Seville, Spain
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March 1997.
Charming 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 working in Europe and the United States with a diverse client base that requires wide-ranging editorial, art repro, and fine art photography. He has some 35 books to his credit.
His last work, in spring 2024, was about the 1920s and 1930s New York City Art Deco Architecture, enhancing peculiar aspects of that unrivaled style. We'll soon publish it on ikonographia.
Read all Roberto's stories on this site.
About Roberto Bigano.
Browse or buy his pictures or prints in the Roberto Bigano Archive.
Dedicated pages on his works on Ikonographia: Bugatti Automobili, Bburago, "Plastic Girls" (Mannequins), Sardinia Artistic Bread.
