Portraits of Past is an American hardcore punk and post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area. The group includes Robert Pettersen, Jonah Buffa, Rex John Shelverton, Matthew Martin Bajda, and Jeremy Bringetto. Their initial releases were a Demo Tape (1993) and the split 7-inch Portraits of Past / Bleed (1994). An eponymous album, Portraits of Past (1996), was released through Ebullition Records after the group initially disbanded. The band is credited with helping define the screamo genre. They performed reunion shows in 2008 and released the EP Cypress Dust Witch (2009). In 2025, the band resumed activity and announced new performances.
