Kevin Ou
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| name = Kevin Christopher Ou
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| birth_name = Kevin Christopher Ou
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|03|04}}
| birth_place = Singapore
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Photographer, Entrepreneur
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| years_active = 1997–present
| website = {{URL|imkevinou.com/}}
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Kevin Christopher Ou (born March 4, 1979) is a Singaporean-American photographer.
Biography
Ou was born in Singapore, on March 4, 1979. He attended St. Joseph's Institution International High-School and graduated in 1991. Later, he attended Catholic Junior College in 1997. In 1999, he enrolled in the Mass Communications program at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/digital-life/more-digital-life-stories/story/whats-kevin-ous-canon-eos-5d-mk-iii-20141009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012050238/https://www.straitstimes.com/digital-life/more-digital-life-stories/story/whats-kevin-ous-canon-eos-5d-mk-iii-20141009|archive-date=12 October 2014|title=What's In Kevin Ou's Canon EOS 5D MK III|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=October 9, 2014|accessdate=October 26, 2014}} Ou left Singapore after being "turned away" from a photography class.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2000 after getting 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.asiaone.com/Business/Office/Hot%2BJobs/Story/A1Story20110309-267165.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322115229/http://www.asiaone.com/Business/Office/Hot%2BJobs/Story/A1Story20110309-267165.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 22, 2011 | title=Made it in America | publisher=Asia One | date=March 17, 2011 | accessdate=June 2, 2012 | author=Soh, Joanne}} After graduation, Kevin worked as a photographer on national advertising campaigns for a number of automobile manufacturers. After the automobile industry's shift to CGI-based work, he pivoted to do work for celebrities, politicians, music artists, and actors, who included Ludacris, Elijah Wood and Mariah Carey.{{cite news| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/05/11/why-luck-matters-in-photography/?mod=wsj_share_twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130039/https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/05/11/why-luck-matters-in-photography/?mod=wsj_share_twitter|archive-date=1 May 2013|title=Why Luck Matters in Photography|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=May 11, 2011|accessdate=June 2, 2012 | author=Ang, Kristiano}}{{cite news |author=Soh, Joanne |date=April 22, 2011 |title=Fiona Xie models for charity campaign |url=http://www.tnp.sg/content/fiona-xie-models-charity-campaign |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032112/http://tnp.sg/content/fiona-xie-models-charity-campaign |archive-date=April 26, 2011 |accessdate=June 2, 2012 |newspaper=The New Paper}}
In 2011, Ou served as a judge for a photography contest held by CMYK magazine.{{cite web |title=Meet the Judges |website=CMYK Magazine|url=https://www.cmykmag.com/judges/kevin.ou.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029065813/https://www.cmykmag.com/judges/kevin.ou.html |publisher=CMYK Magazine |access-date=9 March 2025|archive-date=29 October 2011}}
Career
After graduation, Ou began his career working on national advertising campaigns for automobile manufacturers.{{cn|date=May 2025}} As the industry shifted towards CGI-based work, he transitioned to photographing celebrities, politicians, musicians, and actors.{{cn|date=May 2025}}