Adam Farhat

Adam Farhat is a young photographer from Portland, Oregon. His work primarily consists of portraits of his cat. He uses a variety of techniques in his work, however he is widely seen as a pioneer of smartphone photography, as he is a known advocate for its ease and convenience. Many critics in the past, however, have argued that his work is just a physical representation of his laziness, as his work seemed to only depict his cat. However, Farhat responded to the criticism by shooting the photo of a lifetime with a DSLR, rather than with his smartphone. While working on a collection of slow-motion work, Farhat took a freeze-frame photo of a man jumping off of a short ledge. Because he had metered his camera to the light of the background, his frozen subject appeared as a silhouette. To this day it is regarded as one of the greatest photos ever taken.

My favorite aspect of his work is his ability to blend simple concepts and an amatuer style while still maintaning a high degree of professionalism in all of his photos.