Contains 120 color images and this volume is entirely pictorial.Old Tucson is a rather interesting place in that it is quite a bit younger than "New Tucson." The city of Tucson was officially founded in 1776 and the area had been occupied for at least 4,000 years by the Hohokam native Americans. Old Tucson on the other hand was created in 1939 by Columbia Studios as a movie set for the film "Arizona" staring William Holden and Jean Arthur.It has grown considerably since then and has been the home for more than 300 movie films and television productions. It has seen actors like John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. It is now a theme park and a fully functional film studio open to the public. - This entire work was shot on film by the author in keeping with the old nature of the subject matter.From the first instant that I saw the work of Monet and Renoir in an art galley decades ago I was astonished and admired the work so intently that I resolved to create some images that would at least attempt the world of impressionism even though I must describe myself as much more of an 'Ansel Adams' acolyte. The following images are the result. For those who are interested in such things, all the images contained herein were taken with a wide variety of cameras ranging from a Nikon F3 35mm film camera through a Nikon N8008.The author began photography and photo-journalism in early 1963 when he accepted an offer from his local newspaper to write about and photograph sports events at the Arizona high school where he was a junior. After a stint in the service, he had an opportunity to study photography and printing techniques with Bernard Hoffman, a true gentleman and scholar, and one of the earliest staff photographers for Life Magazine. Since that time he has had thousands of photographs and hundreds of articles published by more than 60 national and international periodicals. He was also a contributing editor for one of them for more than ten years. Topics ran the gamut