Kim Van Vuuren
Kim is a mixed-media artist, photographer, social media manager and web designer.
I was given my first camera when I was 12 years old, a 1963 Zeiss Ikon camera, by 14 I was photographing local horse-riding events and was part of my high school newspaper team as photographer.
After school I did night classes in Cape Town, studying photography and darkroom (before digital photography was a thing), under the tutelage of Sheean Sealy, an industry leader in fashion photography.
Graduating with distinction, I went on to do family and portrait photography in Cape Town. Moving into travel photography as the years went on.
The big shift came when I returned to my home turf, at 27, Gheberha (Port Elizabeth), to build my career in design and photography.
Favouring abstract nature and monochrome colours, with a love of art in all it’s forms, my favorites are digital media and photography, dabbling in sculpture now and then.