About Michael Padilla

Michael Padilla is a photographer, educator, and nurse in Spain. His work reflects on the intemporality of the light and shadow that surrounds us, and on finding one’s place within that structure without time through mindful awareness of the unobserved cycles that we navigate in our daily lives. His books include Plague Kids (2020), a photographic work on the immediate ripples felt in society at the beginning of the pandemic, was included in the Athens Photo Festival 2022 Photobook Exhibition. He teaches photography courses at the Centro Universitario EUSA in Seville and works at The Red Cat Gallery and The Orange Republick Collective raising awareness about the importance of urban forestry.

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