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The 1980’s: The Laboratory Moves to the Casón
Carlos Manso Manso, General Operations Service Technician (Photographer), 1953-1999The 1980’s: The Laboratory Moves to the Casón
Carlos Manso Manso, General Operations Service Technician (Photographer), 1953-1999
After 35 years, the air-conditioning machine rooms for the Museum were built all along a road. When they began the works on the pavilion, they informed us that we had to move. We looked for places, but we couldn’t find anything appropriate, so they sent us to the Casón.
I went to the Director to complain. I told him that if the Photography Laboratory was in the Casón and our work was at the Museo del Prado, we would be going up and down all day. And Pita Andrade said: “Look, walking, and especially walking uphill, is very good for the heart. I’m afraid there’s nothing else for it”. And that’s where we went.
We were in the residential pavilion for around 35 years, and we also worked for many years at the Casón, because even when the Casón was closed we continued working there.
He joined the Museo del Prado as an art photographer, working there for four decades. He is the son of David Manso, the Museum's first police officer and also its first photographer.
Interview recorded on May 10, 2015
Interview index
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Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, David Manso and Mariano Moreno -
Manuel Olivares: Roving Photographer -
The 1940’s: The Beginnings of the Photography Laboratory -
An Historical Photo -
I Joined the Museum in 1953 -
Glass Plates and Celluloid -
From Black and White to Colour -
Lighting a Painting Is Complicated -
An Incident Resolved by Sánchez Cantón y Tormo -
Photographing the Restoration of the Dauphin’s Treasure -
The 1980’s: The Laboratory Moves to the Casón -
Photographing the Guernica at the Casón -
Directors and Other Visitors -
We Worked in a Family Atmosphere -
The Museum Is My Second Home
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Voces del Prado