Luke Bakhuizen is an Australian photographer and filmmaker. He is known for the aerial shots in his photography and short videos on social media.

Early life

Born on 7 January 1993, Luke grew up in South Africa and later moved to New Zealand where he qualified as a

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at the age of 21.

Career

His passion for photography started as a hobby posting short video clips on social media. As his following grew, he started working for corporate clients and has collaborated with Tourism Australia in 2017 to showcase the country as a destination using a combination of

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and digital photography. In 2018, Sony partnered with Luke to create promotional 4K action camera videos. Luke worked on a world first joint collaboration in 2018 with

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, Superdry and

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to promote automotive, travel and fashion industries in a single collaboration Luke has worked with Corona (beer) and SodaStream to raise awareness about the plastic epidemic in Australia. In 2019

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partnered with Luke to promote drones and action cameras. His photography is viewed as unique due to the combination of various aerial views captured via

, paraglider and

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References

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