Born and raised in the historic town of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Riehan Bakkes started extreme sports photography as a hobby based on his passion for surfing and skateboarding and his work was soon published in various magazines around the world.

Nearly 20 years ago, after graduating with a Masters Degree in Economics at Stellenbosch University, Riehan changed his career to full-time photographer and has since been hard at work creating content and furthering his craft.

As a commercial photographer specialising in Product, Lifestyle, Celebrities, Fashion, Beauty, Portraits, Food, and Wine Estates on location or from his fully equipped studio in Stellenbosch, he is respected in the industry for consistently delivering premium, high quality stills photography to his respected clients.