Left - El Greco -Toledo - Right Toledo 1985

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My Rosemary had an adventurous spirit for travel. In 1985 we flew with our daughters to Paris and from there to Madrid. In Madrid after going to the Prado Museum we rented a car and drove all the way to Málaga. We stopped in many cities but our favourite was Toledo that reminded me a bit of Guanajuato in the State of Guanajuato in Mexico.

Because I had received a good arts education in my Catholic boarding school in Austin, Texas in the late 1950s I told my family that I want to go to the exact spot, if that was possible where El Greco painted his view of the city. We found it and I took  7 frames with Kodak Black and White Infrared Film and 6 with Ektachrome slides.

Last week in a frenzy of obsession I scanned several of the pictures. Some were very dark others were very light. Using the LAB darkness and lightness tool (it is very elaborate) in my 22 year-old Photoshop 8, I was able to inkjet print variations that are all excellent. I am unable these days to convince my photography peers the delight in combining my negatives and slides of that past century with a modern Epson scanner. It is the best of both worlds. The inkjet prints would have no rivalry from darkroom prints.