This Is Me: On Being a Photographer and Digital Artist
I see myself first as an artist. Photography is one language through which I express that vision, but it is not the only one. Over time my work has moved across several forms: writing, painting, photography, and more recently digital creation. Each medium offers a different way of giving shape to an image that first appears internally, as a feeling or an intuition.
Photography taught me how to see. It trained my attention to composition, gesture, atmosphere, and the quiet stories contained in an image. Whether working with natural light near a window or shaping light in the studio, the act of photographing has always been, for me, an act of observation and interpretation.
Throughout my practice I have explored different photographic genres, including portraiture, street photography, landscapes, seascapes, and architectural work. Before devoting myself fully to visual art, I also worked as a journalist, copywriter, and illustrator. Each of these experiences continues to influence the way I think about images and the narratives they suggest.
Digital art, including work created with AI tools, represents a continuation of that exploration. It allows me to imagine scenes that may not exist before the camera yet remain connected to the same artistic sensibility. For me, the medium is secondary. What matters is the attempt to bring an inner vision into form and to share something of its emotion, atmosphere, and meaning with others.
Every work I create, whatever the technique, carries a fragment of who I am.
© All Works by Noémia Prada