The Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Fla., will extend the run of the exhibit Orlando Landmarks: Photo Transfers by Barbara Ery through September 12, 2010. Fine art photographer Barbara Ery’s collection of 30 photo transfers highlights buildings including the Howard Vernon Motel, The Plaza Theatre, and the Kress Building, and iconic signs at Johnson’s Diner, McNamara Pontiac, and Merita Bread. The exhibit was originally scheduled to run June 5 through August 8, 2010.
Ery, photographer and emerging artist, enjoys shooting and working directly with film. Ery crafts original photo transfers using the Polaroid Transfer Process, developing images on watercolor paper using varying exposure times, temperatures, colors, and film. For this exhibit, she produced the one-of-a-kind photo transfers of familiar Orlando landmarks using a camera, enlarger, slide printer, and Polaroid film to create a nostalgic effect reminiscent of browsing through an heirloom photo album. Ery believes each photo transfer has a dreamy, impressionist quality that showcases the special method of the Polaroid Transfer Process.
The Orange County Regional History Center, housed in a restored historic five-story 1927 courthouse in downtown Orlando, showcases the vast collections of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. The museum features three floors of permanent exhibits and also presents nationally important limited-run exhibitions. The museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Located at 65 E. Central Boulevard in the heart of downtown Orlando, the Orange County Regional History Center is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. General admission for this exhibit is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors (60+), students and military* with I.D., $6 for children ages 5-12, and children ages 4 and under and Members of the Historical Society are free. For more information call (407) 836-8500 or visit www.thehistorycenter.org.
*Free for active duty military and families (card carrier + 5) through September 6, 2010.
