Galician photographer Xan Padrón (Ourense, Spain, 1969) received his first camera at the hands of the photojournalist Enrique Reza, who awoke in him a passion for the photography of the everyday, just as his father, the journalist Luís Padrón, awoke in him the patience to listen and observe stories.

After diverse street photography projects in New York City (Human City, Motion City, Visions of New York), in 2011 he began his acclaimed project, “Time Lapse”: a collection of portraits of various cities through the people who inhabit them. His series Time Lapse has been the focus of solo exhibitions at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the Delamour Gallery in Paris (France), The Pfizer Building in New York, the Sala Valente in Ourense (Spain), among other venues. Xan Padrón's artwork is held in corporate and private collections across the globe.