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}}
= Education =
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}} In 2014, Ou gave a talk for CreativeMornings in Singapore.{{cite web|url=http://creativemornings.com/talks/kevin-ou/1|title=Kevin Ou The Lumenere Group|publisher=Creative Mornings|date=May 24, 2014|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}
Career
After graduation, Ou began his career working on national advertising campaigns for automobile manufacturers. As the industry shifted towards CGI-based work, he transitioned to photographing celebrities, politicians, musicians, and actors. His work has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, Nylon, Elle, DUB, People, Surface, Vogue, and Entertainment Weekly. Some of his clients include Levi’s, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Maserati, SONY, Universal Music, Hermes, H&M, Uniqlo, Lego, BMW, and General Motors.{{Cite web |title=Kevin Ou |url=https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/kevin-ou? |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Who's Dated Who?}}