Living Statues
I was watching the movie “Biutiful” starring Javier Bardem, and one scene reminded me of these images I took in Barcelona and Madrid last year when I was travelling in Spain and Morocco. In the scene, some African street vendors were being chased by police down Las Ramblas in Barcelona, and the angel (top left) broke her pose for just an instant to see what was going on. These street performers are artists who pose all day like statues in hot weather conditions or in the rain! Apart from changing position when you put one euro in their tin, they generally keep completely still.
In the bottom left image, taken on Plaza del Neptuno in Madrid, can you tell which one of the two statues is a real statue, and which one is a person?
alicia scott photographer 
Nice shots. great film!
Txs for your comment!
To hazard a guess, is the guy on the left the real one? GREAT shots 🙂
Hi, Alicia, Good idea! I have some that I made in Florence a couple of years ago and will add them to my site (with a link to yours, of course), probably tomorrow. Yours are all good, but the wings are spectacular!
Would love to see the ones you’ve taken in Florence! Thanks for your comment. It was fun photographing them 🙂
Biutiful.
haha I like that! Thank you.
Wow, I can’t sit still for 5 minutes! These are great images, it’s hard to tell they are real people.
I’m with Marina, the guy on the left?
Sorry Karen and Marina. It’s actually the guy on the right! It was pretty hard to tell even being there, until I realised the guy on the left never blinked … 🙂 It was very clever, because the guy on the right appears to be sitting on air.
That’s some stamina and endurance for you. Amazing!
Love the images of the living statues! Reminds me of Plaza del Sol in Madrid! 🙂
Thank you!
Alicia
It is so wonderful to find your blog and the expression of these artisans; posing for their purpose. Incredible.
Great B&W!
~Todd
Thanks for your nice comment Todd!!
Cool
Have to give credit to these people, can’t stand still myself not even for a minute