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‘Florida in Context’ When: Opening reception takes place 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. The exhibit runs through March 31. Where: Historic Chidsey Library Building, 701 N. Tamiami Trail What: Fine-art photography exhibit featuring Virginia Hoffman, Matt Allison, Salvatore Brancifort, Brian Braun, Chris Thibaut and Richard Porter. Cost: Free admission. A portion of sales will benefit Friends of Sarasota County History Center. Info: Call 400-5217 “You’re like a kid when you come out here, Virginia,” Allison says. When she finally has her camera set up and her 30-second and minute-long exposures start clicking, an occasional, “Oh, sexy,” or “That’s sexy” is whispered excitedly throughout the long process. “We are capturing the best of Old Florida in how it exists today and expressing it through our mind’s eye as photographers,” says Hoffman. She explains that each photographer can photograph the same subject, a few feet apart in the same lighting, and have vastly different results. When the group began producing and displaying their images on Facebook, Hoffman felt the results spoke volumes. They needed to be shared with a greater population. She encouraged the rest of the group to create an exhibit with the results of its photo safaris. The month-long exhibit opens March 1, at the Historic Chidsey Library Building. Hoffman hopes when people see the photos they will stimulate the same response she has to the preservation of such relics of the boom and bust of Florida; historical places falling to the wayside. “Besides public art, historical preservation is the most important thing a community can do,” she says.
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excitement was too prominent to think about the heat — until they began exploring under the relentless sun. Coincidentally, it was the hottest day of the year. Hoffman has vivid memories of being slumped over, near heat exhaustion, with a fluttering butterfly that kept landing near her. Today is different. Hoffman is excited for the cooler weather and a better photo opportunity. She and Allison stand below the red rusting bridge at a bend in the water. They plant their tripods a few feet from each other. For the most part, the bridge has been left to its natural aging process and is overgrown with fauna and Spanish moss. A rope swing on the opposite side of the bank is the only reminder that civilization is nearby. Hoodlums haven’t mangled the dilapidated bridge — yet. Hoffman hates it when they get to what could have been a beautiful site and find it’s littered with broken glass and profane, spray paint — it happens any time teenagers catch wind of these places. Though, there are a couple of empty beer cans around, the bridge has remained a “sacred” place. The duo decides that next time they will bring a garbage bag. Hoffman and Allison like spots like this. The Pinhole Wizards are selective about whom gets let in on the coordinates of the secret spots as a way to protect them from being vandalized or disrespected. Hoffman hopes someone will restore the bridge, not to what it was like when it was brand new, but in a way that preserves what it looks like now into the future. She thinks it’d be great if they restored the bridge and turned the area into a public park. Allison believes there was a marker that signified the bridge’s age, but nothing tells its history now. “There are so many places that are gone now,” Allison says. Hoffman nods her head in agreement. It takes both photographers time to set up their cameras, and both have a separate approach: Allison uses an infrared filter and Hoffman uses a series of neutral density filters. Hoffman starts to let loose; she’s making excited sounds.
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