Luis Ruiz Padrón, who has a PhD in architecture from the University of Seville, is currently a lecturer at the Department of Architectural Graphic Expression at the University of Málaga and a member of the research group ‘HUM-976 Expregráfica. Lugar, arquitectura y dibujo’. In his doctoral thesis, Málaga, dibujos de ciudad y paisaje hasta 1850 (2016), he analysed the historical images of the city, a favourite subject of his research. He is a member of the international group Urban Sketchers and his freehand drawings have featured in many exhibitions and books.