SPIRITS IN THE SILVER: DISCOVERING LOST FILM

February 9–April 20, 2024
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Friday, February 9 | 7-10 pm
8pm Gallery talk with Artist Laurie Hasan
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Laurie Hasan is an artist and photographer based in Orlando, Florida. She holds a Masters in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. She has studied and practiced photography and digital art for over 15 years and holds a Certified Professional Photographer
designation through Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Her work has been featured in print and online publications such
as The Ardent Lens Magazine, Creativity Magazine, and Photoshop User. Laurie loves to explore and push the boundaries
of image-making and alternative processes. She finds it exciting to harness the best of both traditional and digital tools, using historic
processes with modern techniques to make images. Hasan says she is “passionate about making artful images that are one-of-a-kind, that you can touch and feel and are unique works of art that have a tangible life. It is truly a wonderful way to capture moments,
stories, emotion and beauty – all that make life interesting and meaningful.”
This exhibition showcases film photographs that Hasan has recovered, processed and restored from vintage rolls of exposed, unprocessed film left behind in discarded cameras, mostly spanning the 1940s to 1980s. The collection consists of platinum palladium photographs many of which she has identified the people and places depicted and has located their families. Visitors will learn the stories behind the images that explain how they were rescued. Interactive displays will include videos that show how a platinum print is made, a time lapse of a photo restoration, the opportunity to explore a working vintage camera, and the chance to examine various sized negatives on a light table.