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Laura Ferreira

by Sebastiano on 23/06/09 at 10:10 am

About the artist

I am 24 years old and I live in Trinidad and Tobago. I’ve been a fulltime photographer for the past 2 years, web designer for 5 years and graphic artist since I was 12 (was a hobby at first) My first job at 18 was a graphic artist for a production company and things have just evolved since then. My last bit of education was at age 18 when I completed my A-levels. Since then I have taken no courses or classes. I love music, art, and traveling. I’ve got a 2 year old son named Kaiden.

You can find Laura here:

• Website
• Deviant art
• Flickr
• Twitter

Discovering a talent

My step into graphic design came quite randomly. My father found a copy of Corel 5 in his office and brought it home one day when I was 12. I installed it and began clicking around and trying it out. I’ve always loved computers, and I’ve always had a passion for surrealism so this was a new way for me to create art that I love and have a great excuse not to get off of the computer. I kept on practicing throughout my school years and my first job straight out of school was as an intern for a production company. I designed all sorts of media and a bit of graphic editing on music videos. After working at that first job I knew this was what I wanted to do, and never stopped practicing.

Favourite softwares

I’m a Photoshop girl, it is all I ever use. I also have a Wacom Intuos 3 that helps considerably with my more surreal pieces. I work on a PC but plan to get a Mac as soon as I can. I shoot with a Canon 5d and kill my 17-40mm lens…..this is my all time favourite lens, great for the genre of photography that I do.

The works