VHF Rare 1995 CyberVention Barbie Seattle WA Convention Signed By Barry Sturgill

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Extremely Rare 1995 CyberVention 95' ™
Barbie Doll -
Nov. 10, 11, 1
2 - Convention Seattle WA - Signed By Barry Sturgill
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Signed by Barry Sturgill. He's a renowned Barbie photographer who used to write for Barbie Bazaar.
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This doll is so rare that there is no information on it on the internet?
In it's original box that is open as it was originally obtained I assume?
Back of neck has the date 1976 Mattel Inc. and the back has Mattel Inc. 1966 Indonesia.
Doll and Box are in extremally good condition for 1995 near MINT Condition!
More Photos Available by Request.
A must for any serious Barbie Collector!
Rare - Rare - Rare - Rare - Rare!
Barry Sturgill
Independent Photography Professional
Seattle, Washington, United States
Barry Sturgill and his vintage Barbies.
About Barry Sturgill:
ABOUT BARRY STURGILL (FROM 2006 NEWS REPORT.
BARRY LIVES IN SEATTLE, WASH. NOW). Barry Sturgill is a fifty-something Baby Boomer and professional photographer living in Palm Springs, California, where he shoots portraits, vintage architecture and food photos,
plus Barbie and her fellow fashion dolls for various publications
. Barry began his "professional relationship" with vintage (pre-1970)
Barbie in the mid-80s, and has since become one of the foremost doll and toy photographers in the world.
"I started using the dolls as models when I was in photography school, " he explains. "And I found that most people really reacted to the photos, in a way that was completely amazing. "Over the years, his work has appeared in magazines such as Barbie Bazaar, Haute Doll and Elle, newspaper articles, art gallery shows, collector reference publications, catalogs, coffee table books like Craig Yoe's The Art of Barbie, videos, websites and even a wry documentary film by journalist Susan Stern entitled Barbie Nation. Often Barry likes to utilize traditional "Hollywood Glamour" lighting techniques, meticulously posing his "models" in tiny, hand-built sets to achieve his own version of classic fashion photography in miniature. He's been dubbed The Richard Avedon of Barbie Photography. "I really try to make the dolls appear as glamorous and lifelike as possible, without being creepy." he says. In addition to photography, he's also written over a hundred magazine articles on vintage Barbie and her pals, their wardrobes and related ephemera over the past twenty years, qualifying him as a world-renowned authority on the doll as well. But when it comes to the doll, Barry likes to keep everything fun, and his work always has a light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek slant. "Barbie may be the best-selling doll ever," he says. "And some vintage dolls are now worth really BIG bucks, but after all, it's still a toy. "What does he think of those who blame Barbie for ingraining rampant consumerism and negative body image issues on the world's youth? Mr. Sturgill: "Get a grip. It's a DOLL, not a way of life. Do you think your three-year-old's going to be mentally scarred because she doesn't look like a Cabbage Patch Kid? I don't think so. But on a serious note, I do very strongly believe that Barbie very accurately mirrors American Culture, which does a pretty nifty job of drumming materialism and 'ideal body' garbage into kids, and ADULTS by the way, all by itself. So Barbie's critics are merely condemning the byproduct instead of the actual cause. "Is there anything Barry himself doesn't like about Barbie? "She can't stand up by herself, and she's forever losing her shoes.
Skipper & Friends from the collection of Barry Sturgill.
Beautiful Barbie and her best friend, Midge! From the collection of Barry Sturgill.
Bubblecut Barbie from the collection of Barry Sturgill
Like McDonald's
"I think Barbie is sort of like McDonald's," said Barry Sturgill, a Seattle collector and Barbie photographer. "No matter how you try to shield them from it, they come genetically programmed to want that thing."
For children, part of the fun is manipulating an adult figure, theorized Sturgill, while for adults it is nostalgia.
"It's so scary now, (and) Barbie represents a safe little thing - she's nonviolent," said Sturgill, who first began photographing the doll in 1988 and continued because the portraits never fail to get a reaction. His work appears in Barbie Bazaar, a collector's publication, as well as Lord's book and editor Craig Yoe's "The Art of Barbie," a pictorial book which ranges from satire to reverence to whimsy. The book includes Calvin Klein and Andy Warhol creations - even the magic moment when Beavis and Butthead put Barbie's head on GI Joe's body.