This picture is worth posting again. A vintage Kodachrome from the summer of 1972 shot in Agrigento, Sicily. The valley of the temples, a vast area where some of the best preserved Greek temples in all Magna Grecia are located. It's now an architectural park totally full of tourists and shut at night. Way back then one could drive close and personal at any time pf the day or night. BTW, the moon is real;no Photoshop. 

 Another shot from the past. Agrigento, Sicily, valley of the temples. This little girl, probably a grand mother now, was part of a wedding party. It's customary for outdoor wedding shots to be shot here among these wonderful Greek ruins. The year was 1972 and as the song goes, "I remember it well".

La Valle dei templi. Agrigento, Sicily. Vintage Kodachrome

 

Look ma, no Photoshop

This archival image of this temple during a full moon was shot in Agrigento's Valle dei templi [valley of the temples] was shot on Ektachrome with a Canon FT and a 50nn f 1.4 Canon FL lens. It was scanned later on to preserve it. This was back in 1972 when this area was accessible day and night to everyone. It is now an archeological park open only during the day and teeming with visitors and it is a designated UNESCO site. No Photoshop was used and no manipulation. I'm somewhat proud of this image and I have posted it before. BTW, Sicily has 20 designated UNESCO sites, one half of all of Italy.

Agrigento, long ago

These images date from 1972 and are from the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento [Agrakas] Sicily.  They were taken with a Canon FT and with Kodachrome film. No photo shop tricks used then or now on these images. I wonder where the little girl who was part of a wedding party is today. She is most likely a grand mother. Photography is funny that way.

Old memories od a warmer place

The valley of the temples [ la valle dei templi ] in Agrigento originally Agrakas, is one of those places that inspire and point to man's unlimited poptential. I return there often but these shots are from my first visit way back when. All shot on Kodachrome II with the canon FT. The color from these scans si amazing consider the age of the images. I always wonder what happened to the little girls walking between the columns. She was part of a wedding party. It is customary for wedding parties to have photos taken in the temples. 

BTW, the best preserved temples and monuments in all Magna Grecia including Greece itself are found in Sicily.

back when there were fewer tourists

Agrigento in the summer of 1972 whe we were able to drive down to the valley of the temples and have a quiet picnic. Today it's mass confusion. Hard to park in the lots and a plethora of buses. Not to mention all the cameras and phones recording any possible object or situation.
In one of the photos, there are two young girls who by now are middle aged. Photography has that uncanny ability to freexe moments in time. It's almost scary.

BTW, for those who must know, these shots were made with the Canon FT on Kodachrome II.

Temple in Agrigento / Canon FT

There's absolutely no Photoshop manipulation here.  No layers, no BS. It's a scan of a Kodachrome-X  slide [ISO 64] shot in the distant summer of 1972. The moon was at the right place. It's site is the valley of the temples in Agrigento.

Scan we must

Looking at my countless slides and trying to preserve them the best way I can I occasionally get the feeling that it's an almost impossible job. But scan we must or else they will be lost as they fade away. These scans are all Kodachromes shot in August of 1972, can it be 40 years ago? Time does slip by inn what appears to be an increasingly accelerating rate. The camera was the Canon FT and the lens  was the superb Canon 28mm F 3.6 FL. The place is the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily. It's a well known fact that the best examples of Greek classic architecture are found in Sicily where the Greeks built bigger and better temples that were better cared for and therefore survived in better condition than in Greece or in any other part of Magna Grecia. We Sicilians are very proud of our Hellenic roots among other roots.