Xan Padron
Padrón’s Time-Lapse images are human portraits of cities around the world. They are also daily expressions that, when combined, create a unique narrative of life on a wall in a place in the world.
After diverse street photography projects in New York City, he began his acclaimed project, Time-Lapse: a collection of portraits of various cities through the people who inhabit them. His Time-Lapse photography captures a glimpse into the lives of many different people as they travel through the same space, each absorbed in their own worlds.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
The Immediate Image at Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach 2022 | Holden Luntz Gallery: Dialogues with Great Photographers | Exhibition at YJContemorary, East Greenwich, RI | Solo Exhibition in Ourense, Galicia 2021 | WTFOLKS Exhibition at Pfizer Historical Building 2021
PUBLISHED:
Cover of the 11th edition of the anthology Race, Class and Gender in the United States (MacMillan, 2020) | Personal Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2021) | New England Review (NER) | Die Zeit Magazine (Germany)
Xan Padron lives and works between Galicia and New York City.
Galician photographer Xan Padrón received his first camera at the hands of the photojournalist Enrique Reza, who awakened in him a passion for everyday photography, just as his father, the journalist Luís Padrón, taught him the patience to listen to and observe stories. His career as a photographer is also linked to his previous occupation as a professional musician. He toured with his bass and camera, documenting life around the musicians with whom he worked.
“Back in 2011, I was working on another project in New York City focused on people in motion in which I was moving around the city, taking pictures from public buses. At some point, walking in the city’s streets, I realized how much life happens in a single spot. So, I just started taking pictures of everything that happened in that specific spot. When I got to the studio, I started working on different formats to put all images together until I came up with the final composition. This was the first work of the series, Time Lapse, 8th Avenue, NYC (2011). I think it was a natural process that evolved organically. I can’t say Muybridge’s studies of motion were in my mind during the process, at least not in that particular moment, but I can see why people refer to his work when they talk about mine.”
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