Laura San Segundo (b. 1990, Madrid) is a photographer and visual artist. She studied Fine Arts at Madrid’s Complutense University and Photography at London’s Camberwell College of Arts, followed by an MA at Efti International School of Photography and Cinema –where she was awarded with a scholarship. Her personal projects have since run alongside commissioned work and a series of teaching roles in schools and institutions like the European Institute of Design, Efti, Madrid’s Polytechnic University or the New York University.
She has been the recipient of several grants and fellowships like the FormARTE Scholarship of Photography in Paris, a grant for a residency in Reykjavík or the ITmakES Art Prize awarded by PhotoEspaña and Camera Centro Italiano per la Fotografia; and has participated in many exhibitions and festivals both in Spain and internationally, like the London Serpentine Galleries 89+Marathon, the Korean International Photography Festival or the Portfolio Days & Night of the Luxembourg Centre National de l'audiovisuel, among others.
In 2023, she was nominated by PhotoEspaña to be part of the European Photography Platform FUTURES and was awarded with the Prize Fotolibro <40 to publish her first photobook, shortlisted in 2024 in the PhotoESPAÑA Award for Best Photography Book of the Year and the APhF Pick:24 Book Award of the Athens Photo Festival.