Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
A diverse group of 32 talented creatives in 14 countries and regions have been named winners in the prestigious Young Guns 19 competition, celebrating creative professionals age 30 or younger.
A program of The One Club for Creativity, the world's foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design, Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.
This year’s entries were received from 38 countries, and judged by a diverse jury of 88 top creatives, nearly half of whom are past YG winners.
Winners were celebrated at Sony Hall in New York City on Wednesday, November 17th.
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Young Guns 19

Farhad Ghaderi
Cinematographer, Director
Born and raised in Mexico City, Farhad is a Mexican-Iranian cinematographer and occasional director based in Vancouver and working internationally.
Through his work, he aims to explore notions of identity, diasporic voices, relationships and intimacy, hoping to make people feel deeply.
Thanks to the support of his community, friends and family, he's managed to pick a few accolades here and there, including three nominations and one win at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards (2019) and a Gold Screen at the Cannes Young Director Award (2020).
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Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
N/A
Title:
Virtuous Circle
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_10

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
N/A
Title:
Golden Ladder
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_20

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
Victoria
Title:
Icnocuicatl
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_30

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
N/A
Title:
Ali - Mustafa
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_40

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
N/A
Title:
To You Alone
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_50

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Farhad Ghaderi
Client:
N/A
Title:
AIR
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_16_60