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About
Australian F1 Photographer, entrepreneur and YouTuber, known for his F1 racer profiles and photos on social media. He has over 380,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, Kym Illman. In 2017, he turned his attention to Formula 1 photography after attending the final race of 2016 as a Red Bull Racing corporate guest.
Before Fame
In 1988 he founded an audio advertising company, Messages On Hold, which currently has offices in Australia and Singapore and services clients in 18 countries. In 2014 he released the book, The Future IS Customer Service. In 2015, he founded Canity, an online customer service training platform.
Trivia
He posts long form F1 news, standings, and reviews to his YouTube channel, live photos and updates from the track to his Instagram page and short F1 insights on his TikTok page. He applied for FIA media accreditation with the pitch that he would take a different approach to covering the sport, focusing more on the people than the racing.
Family Life
He was born in Adelaide, Australia to a former state cricketer and a small business owner. He credits his parents with instilling in him the qualities of persistence, intensity and curiosity. He is married, and in 2015 he and his wife Tonya released African wildlife photography book, Africa On Safari
Associated With
He has reviewed many famous F1 drivers, including Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.
