Cancer survivor Juliet FitzPatrick believes her image was used
(Picture: Spanish government )A third woman believes her image was used without permission by an artist for a Spanish government summer campaign.
Spain’s body-positive campaign aimed to encourage all women to enjoy the beach and included a poster featuring a number of women in bathing suits, created by Arte Mapache.
But now three British women have reportedly come forward to say their pictures were used without permission.
The artist apologised after two women came forward to complain, but a third has also voiced concern.
Cancer survivor Juliet FitzPatrick, who has had a mastectomy, thinks a woman in the poster was constructed using a photograph of her face and another person’s body.
Ami Barwell, a British photographer who took Ms FitzPatrick’s photo, suspects the body in the poster was lifted from her picture of another woman.
"I think that the person who created the art has gone through my gallery and pieced them together," Barwell told the BBC.
"But without any clarification from the artist I can’t say for absolutely certain," she added.
Arte Mapache has been approached for comment.
British models Nyome Nicholas-Williams and Sian Green-Lord have both said their photographs were used without permission, prompting an apology from Arte Mapache.
It used an image taken from Sian Green-Lord’s Instagram account but with her prosthetic leg edited out and a left leg added.
The model, from Leicester, wrote on social media: “I don’t know how to even explain the amount of anger that I’m feeling right now.
“It’s just been brought to my attention by one of my friends that the Spanish government is using my image on a body positivity campaign but they have edited out my prosthetic leg.
Nyome Nicholas-Williams, 30, is seen in a gold bikini in the image - a picture she says was edited from an image she uploaded to her Instagram page.
"Given the - justified - controversy over the image rights in the illustration, I have decided that the best way to make amends for the damages that may have resulted from my actions is to share out the money I received for the work and give equal parts to the people in the poster," the artist said.
"I hope to be able to solve all this as soon as possible, I accept my mistakes and that is why I am now trying to repair the damage caused," she added.
