Larry Mangino - Plaza de Callao Madrid

A unique photograph from my private collection of the renowned Larry Mangino. It captures a moment of everyday urban life and street life in Madrid during the 1990s. At the exact center of the composition, surrounding the emblematic fountain in the square, you can see a group of musicians or a small street band playing percussion and wind instruments, while traffic of the era (with vehicles and buses characteristic of those years) flows around and pedestrians walk along the sidewalks beneath the classic buildings at the heart of the capital.

This photograph is an original Artist's Proof—unique and unrepeatable. It is not part of a commercially numbered edition. The back bears the copyright seal of Larry Mangino and the handwritten annotation 'Proof', confirming its status as a studio-validated copy.

At the bottom there is a small handwritten note that reads (89#20), probably an archive, catalog, or reference code of the author himself or his photographic archive.

LARRY MANGINO (American, b. 1956)
Photojournalist and visual artist with a long international career, known for his sharp visual chronicles and documentary work published in major media and global agencies.

Larry Mangino's photographic work is characterized by a deep documentary sensibility and an absolute command of urban visual storytelling. Through his gaze, strongly linked to street photojournalism, Mangino transcends mere documentary record to capture the human and social essence of the environment. His archives include both key moments in contemporary history (such as his renowned documentary coverage in Spain) and scenes of urban everyday life endowed with great aesthetic strength and timelessness.