Prosopagnosia at The Griffin Museum Digital Silvering Imaging Gallery

Joshua Sariñana’s photographic series Prosopagnosia was exhibited at The Griffin@Digital Silver Imaging, a satellite gallery of The Griffin Museum of Photography, from October 4 to December 1, 2016. This deeply personal collection explores themes of memory, identity, and emotion through imagery that reflects on Sariñana’s early adulthood experiences of love, wonder, and isolation. Using circular, telescopic frames as a metaphor for fragmented memory, the series confronts the inaccuracies of recollection, revealing how memories evolve each time they are recalled.

Drawing on his neuroscience expertise, Sariñana captures how meaningful cues—like photographs—reactivate memories, making them susceptible to change. Through this interplay between art and science, Prosopagnosia bridges emotional storytelling with visual exploration, inviting viewers to engage with their own memories and perceptions.

The exhibition highlighted Sariñana’s evolution as a fine arts photographer, following his formal training in neuroscience at UCLA and MIT. His work has been showcased nationally and internationally, featured in publications such as Time Magazine and Don’t Take Pictures, and exhibited in venues from the Houston Center for Photography to the Mobile Camera Club Gallery in Paris.