Analogue Portrait Project

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Written By Joshua Sariñana

Joshua Sariñana’s portrait from his series Prosopagnosia was selected for the 5th annual Analogue Portrait Project, an exhibition hosted by Smashbox Studios as part of Month of Photography Los Angeles. The show, which ran in Culver City, CA, featured 25 juried film-based portraits from both emerging and established photographers, evaluated by a panel including Ron Haviv (VII Photo Agency), Kate Kuo (Los Angeles Times), and MaryAnn Camilleri (Magenta Foundation).

Prosopagnosia interrogates the fragility of memory through portraiture, reflecting on the brain’s shifting neural connections during wakefulness and sleep. These portraits serve as visual placeholders for inaccessible memories, portraying the tension between searching for recognition and failing to perceive. Through blurred details and fragmented forms, the series immerses viewers in a dreamlike state, mirroring the experience of struggling to recall familiar faces.

Joshua Sariñana

Joshua Sariñana, PhD, obtained his degrees in neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed his doctoral thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sariñana’s multi-disciplinary art projects bridge art, science, and media. He has received several grants for his art projects, exhibited his work nationally and internationally, and has received numerous awards for his photographic work.

He combines his science communications background with his neuroscience and art practice. Sariñana has provided his expertise to WIRED Magazine, MIT Technology Review, MIT News, and as an invited speaker for the Neurohumanities series at Trinity College in Dublin.

http://joshuasarinana.com/
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