William Gerhard (MFA 2001)
These works are simply created by exposing black paper to sunlight. Each sun faded paper is a heliograph, or sun drawing that measures the duration and intensity of sunlight. Everyday, using sheets of folded or masked paper, I make exposures for a predetermined period of time, much like a photographer would. The resulting works on paper are non-image recordings of light that explore color relationships between each folded segment or measured increment.