Representation of Hidden Communication
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PhotographerJoshua Sariñana, United States
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There is a burgeoning interest in neuroscience in popular culture.
Researchers play an integral part in culture but the public knows
little about how science is done, who does it or why it’s important.
One consequence of opaque scientific work is the inability to see
which individuals are conducting their research, their personal
stories, and their motivations to help reveal the complexity of the
nature we are imbued by.
These images were captured with a compact large format camera
using experimental New55 PN instant film. The opaqueness of the
positive (left) represents the raw data collected by scientists on
their quest to understand nature. The inverted negative (right)
represents how scientists reveal nature through filtering data,
beautifying imagery, and at times removing unwanted, but
captured information.
All scientists are part of the Department of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences and the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sariñana has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including at the Aperture Gallery, FOCUS photo l.a., Photoville, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. He has also had solo exhibitions for his series, Prosopagnosia, and Image of Structure.
He has received accolades from the Sony World Photography Awards, Photolucida Critical Mass, and Latin American Fotografía, Sariñana’s photographic work has been featured by Apple and published widely in periodicals such as Black & White Magazine, Silvershotz, and PDN Magazine.
