maya porrino is a westport, ct based film photographer interested in finding both connection and escape through the lens of her various cameras

Themes of experimentation, impermanence, nostalgia, and interactions with the natural world recur throughout her work.

Maya is an intuitive photographer and multimedia artist who is interested in all things mystical. This includes philosophy, consciousness, dreams, synchronicities, spirituality, herbalism, astrology, cosmology, artificial intelligence, and quantum physics.

She is a Virgo , Enneagram 9 (the peacemaker), and Meyers Briggs personality type INFJ. One particularly resonant piece of her Gene Keys profile states that her purpose in life is not in the field of achievement, but rather to lose herself in the joy of activity itself.

To see examples of her client work, click here.

experience

Owner, Maya Porrino Photography, 2018-present
Co-founder, Westport Photo Collective, 2023-present

education

juried shows

Carriage Barn Arts Center, Annual Member Show, September 2024, Downtown Westport at Night
Metro Arts Center, Fluid Realities, August 2024, Sherwood Island Lifeguards
Rowayton Arts Center, Photography & Sculpture Juried Show, August 2021, Grid #1 & Grid #3
LensCulture, Home ‘21, May 2021

books

The Kitchen Sink Project, 2020

online features

47*UP Magazine, Autumn 2023
DesignPort, Family Circles Photo Wall: A How To Guide, Nov 2022
The Westport Local Press, This Weekend Only: GFS 5th Graders Present “Willy Wonka Kids,” March 2022
The Westport Local Press, Saturday Photography Take Over: Maya Porrino, Family Doctor turned Photographer, April 2021

print features

Westport Lifestyle Magazine, The Designing Doctors Are In,
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Divine Inspiration, February 2022
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Art, on Every Possible Level, October 2021
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Women of Westport 2021, May 2021
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, The Art of the Salon, April 2021
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Not Your Father’s Cannabinoid,
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Holy Xoli, This Chick Can Knit!, February 2020
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Let’s Face It, Your Skin Could Use Some Love This Winter, January 2019
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Whip Your Holiday Look into Shape,
Westport Lifestyle Magazine, Backstage at the Playhouse, November 2018

cover features

Westport Lifestyle Magazine July 2022
Westport Lifestyle Magazine April 2021
Westport Lifestyle Magazine July 2020