This year the guitar festival here in Granada includes an exhibition of photographs taken in the workshop of Antonio Marín. The photographer is Pepe Marín (not a family member). Once again Vicente Coves and the European Guitar Foundation are recognising important figures in the guitar community in Granada. Antonio was part of a change in the quality and professionalism of the guitar-makers in Granada in the 1960s that included others but for a number of different reasons he is the best known of those and any other makers here. The quality of his instruments, the number of guitars he has made and his generosity and sociability have made him what he is today.

The poster for the exhibition is shown here with my friend Marcus Toscano; guitarist and Spanish guitar expert.