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Orange County Regional History Center presents ORLANDO, Fla. (May 18, 2010) -The Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Fla., invites visitors to tour familiar sights around the city in the exhibit Orlando Landmarks: Photo Transfers by Barbara Ery, on display June 5 through August 8, 2010. Fine art photographer Barbara Ery's collection of 30 photo transfers highlights landmark buildings including the Mt. Vernon Inn, The Plaza Theatre, and the Kress Building, and iconic signs at Johnson's Diner, McNamara Pontiac, and the Merita Bread bakery. 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), May 28 through September 6, 2010. ### The Orange County Regional History Center is financed in part by Orange County Government through the Department of Health & Family Services under Orange County Mayor Richard T. Crotty and the Board of County Commissioners, The Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc., United Arts of Central Florida with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts: Division of Historic Resources and Bureau of Historical Museums.
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