You may have seen this on the genetic conference circuit: The Genetic Portrait Project, a photography initiative that chronicles society’s views on genetics – in that classic hold-up-the-posterboard-and-smile manner.
Photographer Stefan Petranek, an Indiana artist with a biology background, was taking pictures of attendees at Mayo Clinic’s Individualizing Medicine Conference this week in Rochester, Minnesota. They were asked the question: How do you think genetic research will affect the future?
“The idea of the Genetic Portrait Project is to document how we, as a society, are reacting to major advances in genetic research today,” said photographer Stefan Petranek. “The goal is to collect thoughts, beliefs and opinions from a wide diversity of perspectives.”
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Petranek has been to a number of conferences as part of the project – including the American Society of Human Genetics, the Festival of Genomics and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities National Conference. Attending these conferences is an efficient way, he said, to get the views of industry professionals. He’s photographed more than 400 people thus far; the aim is to put out a book.
Here are a few that were displayed at the conference:
