Kevin Christopher Ou | |
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Born |
Kevin Christopher Ou March 4, 1979 Singapore |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Photographer |
Years active | 1997-Present |
Website | Official Website |
Kevin Christopher Ou (born March 4, 1979) is an American celebrity director / photographer / entrepreneur / investor originally from Singapore. He is the sole founder of KEVINOU, INC the co-founder of Modern Home + Living (MH+L) and founder of The Lumenere Group and Catlyst/TV. His photographs have been published in Rolling Stone, Nylon, Elle, DUB, People, Surface, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly with clients like Levi’s, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, H&M, Uniqlo, Lego, BMW and General Motors.
Attended St. Joseph’s Institution International (1991). Attended Catholic Junior College (1997). Attended Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Mass Communications) (1999). Ou left Singapore after being "turned away" from a photography class. He moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and after obtaining a mass communications diploma from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He studied photography and Art at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and graduated in 2004. After graduation from the Art Center College Of Design, Kevin worked as a photographer on national advertising campaigns for a number of automobile manufacturers. After shooting cover photos for DUB magazine he began to accumulate celebrities, music artists and actors as clients. Since then he has photographed Nick Cannon, Ludacris, Mariah Carey, P Diddy, Elijah Wood and 50 Cent. Kevin began as an intern for Los Angeles-based photographers David LaChapelle and Jill Greenberg. Ou then co-founded the celebrity home and lifestyle brand magazine, Modern Home + Living. Ou was named one of the top 10 most influential U.S. photographers in 2009 by Creative USA.