Neuroscientist and photographer Joshua Sariñana’s interview in Black & White Magazine, winner of the 2019 Portfolio Contest. He discusses the intersection of cognition and visual art. His Image of Structure series dissects architectural forms as representations of thought processes, drawing from his background in memory research at MIT.

In an interview with Feature Shoot, Joshua Sariñana discusses his photographic series Surface and Consciousness, which transforms urban puddles into portals of reflection and altered perception. Drawing on his background in neuroscience, Sariñana explores the tension between the physical and psychological realms, using puddles as metaphors for consciousness and self-reflection. Read the Interview >

Joshua Sariñana’s architectural photography series, Image of Structure, was featured in First Look 2019, a five-person exhibition at Panopticon Gallery. Running from January 4 to March 4, 2019, the show explored how individual photographs contribute to a broader narrative when presented as a cohesive portfolio. Curated by Kat Kiernan, the exhibition emphasized the complexity and depth that comes from viewing photography as an interconnected body of work.

In a conversation with Michael Kirchoff, Joshua Sariñana discusses the intersection of neuroscience and photography, revealing how his dual background informs his creative process.

Joshua Sariñana’s Image of Structure was selected for the prestigious Latin American Fotografía awards, a juried competition celebrating outstanding photography and illustration from or focused on Latin America. The awarded photograph was exhibited at Photoville in Brooklyn from September 20–24, 2018, as part of an international showcase of visual storytelling.

Joshua Sariñana’s Image of Structure was named a Top 200 selection in Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2018, an internationally recognized competition that highlights exceptional contemporary photography. This series, captured at the Stata Center at MIT, reimagines the architectural landscape through a lens of abstraction and emotion.

Joshua Sariñana’s architectural photography series, Image of Structure, was featured in BETA Developments in Photography, an internationally recognized online magazine known for its curated selection of contemporary photographic portfolios. The publication, originally conceived by the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB), highlights compelling photographic works with minimal text, allowing images to stand as the primary mode of artistic expression.

Joshua Sariñana’s photographic series Structure (September 2017) explores the shifting visual complexity of the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An image from the series was selected as a winner and published in American Photography 34, a prestigious juried annual that highlights the best contemporary photography worldwide. Recognized for its dynamic composition and exploration of architectural abstraction, Image of Structure captures the interplay of light, reflection, and form within Frank Gehry’s iconic building.

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).

Joshua Sariñana presented at the Science Gallery Museum and Trinity College, Dublin, as part of the Neurohumanities Public Lecture series. His lecture, Interrogating Science and Art Through Neuroscience and Photography, explored the intersections of neuroscience, photography, and art to investigate how visual perception transforms from sensory input into emotional and contextual meaning.

Joshua Sariñana’s architectural photography series Image of Structure was featured in Silvershotz Magazine, March 2018, Volume 12, Edition 3. As a publication dedicated to showcasing conceptual and innovative photography, Silvershotz provides an international platform for artists exploring the boundaries of visual storytelling.

Joshua Sariñana’s architectural photography series, Image of Structure, was featured in Float Magazine. Known for highlighting contemporary photography across all genres, Float provides a dynamic platform for both emerging and established artists.

Image of Structure explores the relationship between architecture and cognition, using high-contrast black-and-white compositions to examine how spatial environments influence perception and memory. Drawing from his background in neuroscience, Sariñana’s series presents architectural forms as visual metaphors for the structured yet fluid nature of thought.

Joshua Sariñana’s photographic series, Representation of Hidden Communication, has been selected for Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 200 Award, a prestigious recognition in contemporary photography.

Joshua Sariñana’s photographic series Representation of Hidden Communication was featured in Silvershotz Magazine, Volume 11, Edition 11, 2017. Known for curating exceptional contemporary photography portfolios, Silvershotz provides an international platform for conceptual and experimental work.

Joshua Sariñana’s photographic series Prosopagnosia is a profound exploration of memory, identity, and the nature of perception. Featured in SciArt Magazine, this body of work employs a circular frame to create a telescopic effect, visually symbolizing the distortion and reconstruction of past experiences.

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.

In a 2015 interview with the Impossible Project (now Polaroid Originals), Joshua Sariñana, PhD, reflects on how his neuroscience expertise and photographic practice intersect to explore memory, identity, and the human experience.

Photography, Memory, and the Future explores how photography serves as a bridge between memory and imagination, grounding the past while shaping our understanding of the future. It highlights the inaccuracies of human memory and the role of photographs as stable placeholders for recalling personal and collective histories. Discussing the brain's visual and memory systems, the lecture delves into the hippocampus's integration of space and time for episodic memory, emphasizing that individuals with memory deficits cannot imagine future scenarios without visual aids. Through examples from iconic photographs to neuroscientific insights, the lecture underscores the emotional, societal, and personal significance of photography in memory formation and its transformative potential for envisioning the future.