KUDZAI KING
@Kudzai_King
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Who ever thought a kid from Harare who used to jam to Empire State by Jay Z on a secondhand iPod while going to school would actually get to work and create space in fashion in the Empire State itself!? It’s why I always love shooting on the streets and subways of NYC.
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Like all the great dreamers before me, I've came to leave a mark…
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I am African, not because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me.
This is a shoot I photographed with the amazing
@AmmaraBrown
that I am still in awe of 🤯❤️
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I don’t know 🤷🏽♂️. I am a Zimbabwean man through and through, you tell me 👇🏽🇿🇼
Zim men, genuine question.... do you guys even try to dress well?? Where is the fashion sense?
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I'm excited to share an exclusive photographic story & assignment I shot for
@people
magazine covering
@angelicaross
for her historic role for
@ChicagoMusical
on Broadway and it just went live today.
#people
#editorial
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A King was born today!
29 whole year's around the lunar cycle...
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It’s quite fascinating how this was my first time shooting in the streets of New York. With such iconic beauty that surrounds the big apple, the city I love so much, it’s bizarre it has taken me this long, but here we are.Please share your thoughts😊🇿🇼🇿🇦.
#nycphotograher
#fashion
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I am proud to announce the film I was 1st Assistant Director for along with
@TomasLutuli
as the Director &
@joejangu
as Producer along with the rest of the
@CookOffZim
team will officially be released as the first Zim film on
@netflix
. Africa stand up, I love to see you shine!🌍
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This is definitely still one of my favorite shots taken from the streets of New York. I took this after burning with so much passion and creativity after not having touched my camera for 2 and a half years during the pandemic. The results are evident.
#AfricanBoyIntheWildwest
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I couldn't wait to share this with you guys. I photographed this for
@AmmaraBrown
album cover art images.
Just like my mother I feel this image embodies strength and tenderness, a balance that many strong women in my life have pocessed. What do you feel when you see this image?
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Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
I had forgotten about this shot.
@AmmaraBrown
is such a trooper. Moments before, she had just got thrown off the horse when it panicked. She stoop up, dusted herself & got back on the horse. The results are self evident. I've got respect for her dedication.
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We are officially certified by
@voguemagazine
Italia for a webtorial. Help me share this joy 😊😄. I am trying to reach an American Audience. Please help one of your own to reach that audience by retweeting and reposting, I am based in the U.S .
Photography:
@kudzai_king
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Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Kudzai King. I am young, I am gifted & black. I love the path I chose. I am a fashion & beauty photographer/ Film director born in Zim & refined in S.A. I have worked hard, barely slept, gone hungry to get here & God knows I deserve it.
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I am happy and humbled to announce we just got another
@vogue_italia
feature!! So now we have three bagged up 😊🇿🇦🇿🇼🇺🇸
I call this image “The Rose that grew in the dark”. From your view point, what does this image say to you, what’s your interpretation of it?
#KudzaiKing
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I can’t believe it 🤯. I just got published in Cosmopolitan magazine
@CosmopMexico
for a 6 page 70’s fashion story with
@CHANEL
and
@Longchamp
along with an amazing renowned team of creatives!!! I’m so elated! 🙌🏽
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Good morning🌄to all that set eyes on this post. May your day be packed full of good energy and good vibes😊.Whilst you're at it,do feast your eyes on this work I have been dying to share with you, a shoot I did with
@AmmaraBrown
.Please share what you think of it when you see it.
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Please don't reach out to me for free collaborations. To produce the work I do, I work with full teams of anywhere from 5 to 15 people on a single set. They all need to be paid and there are no exceptions unless there is great marketing value for them e.g. magazines, TV shows,
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Since I had not officially shared this, let me proceed to do so 😊. I photographed and film directed a global campaign for Yael Sonia launching early in March with my New York production company KCM FILMS. This is a teaser that was published in Vogue Italia late December.
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With turning 31 tomorrow, I feel like I finally look my age.
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Young, Black, African and Gifted✊🏽.
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 birthed me, South Africa 🇿🇦 nourished and enhanced my creativity and New York 🇺🇸 welcomed me into its home.
#NewYorkCity
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The man, the myth, the camera and the forever expanding crown. It’s been fun letting my hair grow natural, wild, untouched and free since after the lockdown. My mother has always said your power is in your crown, I took her words to heart.
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Apart from studying and adventuring, I have also been experimenting with product shots. I did a DIY setup at home from scratch and here are the result.
BTS The Shot
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I've been studying art history to get inspiration from legendary artists in the Reinassance.The lighting they used in painting, you would think it was a shoot by itself.Lately I've been using the same light techniques to celebrate soft emotion.This the result. Thoughts?
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When I shoot my people, I shoot them well. I photograph them with poise, dignity, and pride. I like to see my people shine. I like to see melanin glow. See what I did below for Vogue Italia.
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Don’t let anyone tell you of impossibility. Put sheer will power & invest in yourself. 3 countries & 2 different continents later. Zim Achievers Awards- Male Entrepreneur of the Year! Lets Vote!🖤
How it started How it’s going
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Thanksgiving, an F1 experience and a visit to Meta HQ with the mates. It's always great having my N.Y crew in CA.
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I miss my dad. I see his face in mine each time I look in the mirror.
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Of course, it is. This is not a documentary.
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First warm winter this side of the equator. Malibu is giving me life.
It's also giving Zimbo on the beach ;)
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Help me celebrate 27 years under the sun.
I am thankful for the opportunity to love. I am thankful for I am given love. I am thankful for doing what I love. Love has been my biggest archivement yet & I am thankful I have lived long enough to see it, experience it & understand it.
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Here it is, the full complete fashion story for I photographed for
@Cosmopolitan
magazine with
@LouisVuitton
,
@CHANEL
,
@Longchamp
,
@DavidYurman
&
@McQueen
. Last year I could only dream of such opportunities & yet here we are. Hard work pays African child!
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I can’t seem to shake it off. I snapped hard on this one late last year 📸 🤯 . Definitely still one of my favorites shots.
#fashion
#Editorial
ツアー
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I invite you into my world with a little BTS of how photographed a fashion show on the streets of New York for the first time ever 😊
#nyc
#nycphotographer
#streetfashion
@YSL
@ELITENYC
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It really is time to retire this suit. Three continents down and each time it has given me life.
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Calm & ready for 2022. 🌍
Publications: Vogue Italia, Elle Magazine South Africa, L’ Officiel Lithuania, Cosmopolitan Mexico, CNN Style, Mob Journal, & many more.
Brands: Chanel, Alexandra McQueen, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Jennifer Fisher, Longchamp, YSL & many more.
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I made a decision this year to start celebrating the little, the big and everything in between. This one is a huge one for me. I have been featured by
@vogue_italia
for the photoshoot i photographed recently with an incredible makeup artist & model here in Johannesburg
#fashion
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I woke up to good news today. I was nominated for The Zim Achievers Award for Male Entrepreneur of the Year. My tweeps have always been here for me & I cherish that. I would love for you to go out in your numbers & vote for me. Let’s do this! 🖤
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I Directed a short real estate commercial for
@luxuryhomes_newyorkcity
&
@eklundgomesteam
in New York. 2 days, 6 locations in , and 14 different looks, it was a true labor of love and I'm proud of my team and the true-to-form story we told.
Director:
@kudzaiking
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Some places I only ever dreamed of. Not so bad for a kid that started with nothing but a dream and a camera. We thank God 🙏🏽
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A little more heat maybe? 🔥🙈
Creative direction and Photography by yours truly.
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30 years today, where did all the time go haha 😅
We're not guaranteed the embrace of friends, family, & people that truly celebrate us & I never take that for granted. Thank you all for being here with me in all your unique ways, This is to many more, cheers 🍾
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I was part of it and yes, we did that 🇿🇼 . I can’t contain myself with joy 🙌🏽
A Zimbabwean movie is going to be on Netflix! Wow I am SO proud🇿🇼🙌🏼😭
Cook Off is coming to our screens soon in what is a HUGE boost to Zim’a film and arts.
Congrats to everyone involved in making this happen!
Proudly Zimbabwean🇿🇼
#NetflixZimbabwe
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I’ve been keeping aflame a fire inside me for a little while now & I’m glad I can finally share it with you. I Directed a short beauty fashion film for Vogue Germany with an incredible team of creatives. I’m happy to call this my debut as a Film Director 😊
#african
#Filmmaking
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Good times closing
@NewYorkFashionW
front row at
@staudstudio
. I met some amazing new friends and acquaintances, I genuinely had a blast, an emphasis I always place on making new connections. Cheers to setting new trends 🍾
#NewYorkFashionWeek
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#Tbt
to visual gold created. I never studied photography or film. As a model I got frustrated by being art, I wanted to create it. 5 years later, these are the results of hard work, research and incredible clients that give me creative freedom and trust me with their image.
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Meet me in Paradise...
A part series of the images that where published in
@vogue_italia
that I photographed.
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Am still in love with this shoot. This is a 2016 throwback that I photographed in Harare, Zimbabwe with a brilliant team and an amazing model. This is actually one of my first fashion shoots.
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I photographed this image in Hwedza when i was home. I had the great oppotunity to work with
@runganorwedu
which is a shoe and hat brand. What are your thoughts on this image, i am curious?
#fashion
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Another one! These past months have been truly humbling. I have worked so hard the last year parts of the year. I feared I had missed many planned opportunities as more than half of the year we were all quarantined. But here we are, my 5th U.S Print magazine shoot in three months
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Sometimes I forget I live in the most beautiful city in the world, just sometimes...
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Young, Gifted, Black and African. Breaking necks and making visual fantasies in New York🗽
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This suit has given me life. Aappearing in & a couple of other publications with this look over New York Fashion week seems fitting. I am ready to give it away. Like & retweet& follow me on for a chance to win this suit. TC’s apply
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This another beautiful shot we did in Johannesburg CBD with
@ammarabrown
. It's such a magical place and you can feel it carries so much history and the reinassance of it captures the soft mood of my subject so well. It was an easy decision to make in choosing this location.
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Am shooting a beauty shoot today with a top modeling agency and an amazing team in my small home studio in N.Y. Can’t wait to create. This will be my first creative shoot since I have moved.
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Mr. Big Dreamer, Mr. Dedicated from young, Mr. “If that person is made of the same flesh as I do, I can do it too”.
Very far from where I started, I still have a long way to go though. More things to prove, more things to show.
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I photographed & film directed for a luxury jewelry company with my incredible team KCM Films here in New York for Yael Sonia‘s Pre-Spring 2021 official collection campaign launching next March.
Models: Stevie & Tiyan
Production: KCM Films
#jewellery
#beauty
#newyork
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The roots have finally been dug deep in after too many back & fourths in & out of New York. Many sacrifices have had to be made for me to get here. I have always been on a journey, this time I want to set my feet upon the rock & build. My move is now official!
📷: Self Portrait
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Black & white images, a gift for the soul 🖤 Let’s make this post go viral. Let’s like, retweet & mention
@vmagazine
till they give the boy a shot to shoot for them. I trust & believe in your power my tweeps!
Photographer: Kudzai King
Model: Akello Patricia
Swimwear: Pakello
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A little more edgier, darker, controversial. I can’t wait to push the boundaries this year. Last year I spent the year telling more subtle emotional stories but this year will be the complete opposite. I can’t wait to share the ideas still in my head with you in physicality.
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The process of creating & photographing has been amazing in my life, being able to travel and even get paid for it has been such a blessing & an added bonus. Growing up I wanted to be an inventor and create anew, I just did not imagine art could do the very same, here I am.
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This is a shoot I did with with model/musician, the lead of the acclaimed UK indie rock band Noisettes.
Archives- 2017
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I have never really shaved my beard and my mustache completely off, but hey, here goes nothing 😄
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For as long as I have breath in my lungs, not only am I going to be one of the top photographers in the world, I am also going to win an Oscar as a film director. In fact, I claim it, it’s already mine.
#africanexcellency
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I'm happy to announce that I will be producing global content with two companies I have loved for years as their full-time photographer here in New York!
@Theory__
x
@HELMUTLANG
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Happy Valentine’s to you and yours 😊❤️
Photography:
@kudzai_king
Muse:
@AmmaraBrown
Hairstylist: Kinky curly hair naturals
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I did a shoot for
@diamondlovebridal
with
@SiyaBunny
and I am happy to finally share the images with you. Siya was a great subject and the wedding dresses looked abasalutely magical on her.
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I made the cover of the June issue of French magazine, Moever Magazine !
I’m so proud of my team 🖤
Photographer:
@kudzaikingphoto
Model:
@stoneez_
Stylist:
@strrendz
Retoucher:
@retouching_with_joy
Flowers:
@bellarosa_myrtle
#fashionphotography
#editorial
#mensfashion
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Another one 🖤😊
New work for
@pakello_swimwear
spring/summer collection. The brand ethos is, “Why camouflage when you can stand out?”.
Model:
@AkelloPatricia
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🕊 🌊
What does a Ukrainian model, a Zimbabwean-born photographer, and a South African designer have shared in common as beauty gets captured in Hamptons?
Link in bio
Model:
@katyakulyzhka
Photographer:
@kudzaikingphoto
Agency:
@ELITENYC
Designer:
@Imprint_ZA
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