Folding Light is a series of toned silver gelatin prints; photographs of light reflected by common sheets of paper that have been altered and arranged. Andrew Sovjani explains that, “I knew that when surfaces receive light, the light effects vary depending on the angle of exposure. I started to fold, curl and alter the paper and observe these forms under different lighting conditions.  I began to play with arranging the folds and curls into groupings until relationships began to form between their lines, shapes and shadows.  At some magical point, the elements of the composition and the quality of light come together to transform the subject into something more than paper.  This is when the shutter is released.”

The FOLDING LIGHT portfolio has received honors from the Bruce Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography and was included in Critical Mass’ Top 50 of 2008. He lives and works in Western Massachusetts.

 

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