Farkhat Kabdykairov (1961), was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, studied at Moscow State University, PhD in Math, Farkhart Kabdykairov switched to commercial photography in 1977, as a fashion, nature, wildlife and landscape photographer. Farkhart is also a a publisher, he already issued six books.

Farkhart is now working with the ALPA 12 MAX and 12 FPS cameras and various ALPA and other equipment.