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Written By Joshua Sariñana

Mental Mapping Portrait Selected for Communication Arts Annual

Winning portrait of Marissa Zampino for Communications Arts Photography Annual

A portrait from my project, Mental Mapping: The Art of Exploring Connections, has been selected for inclusion in the 66th Communication Arts Photography Annual, which will be published in the July/August 2025 issue.

The selected photograph is a portrait of Marissa Zampino, a nationally competitive artistic roller skater who represented the United States at the 2015 World Championships. Her experience navigating space through movement provided a meaningful entry point into the project’s broader themes—spatial memory, embodied experience, and creative perception.

Communication Arts has been a longstanding platform for work in photography, design, and visual culture. I'm grateful that this image, and the ideas it represents, resonated with the jury. Thanks to Marissa for being part of this process, and to everyone who has supported Mental Mapping as it continues to develop.

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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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