Derrek Harris is an American photographer, TikTok star, and social media personality who is mostly recognized for his portraits of strangers he comes across on the street, which he shares across all his social media handles. As of October 2022, the @derrek.harris TikTok account has over 5.2 million followers and over 83.5 million likes.
Derrek blew up on TikTok shortly after joining the viral video-sharing platform, after his behind-the-scenes in-depth photographic process videos became viral. Prior to his fame as a TikTok star, Derrek would upload portraits of random people he met in his day-to-day life. He then reviewed the process that explained how his raw image eventually turns out to look nothing short of something out of a magazine.
Derrek had always been into photography ever since he was a child and his parents supported his passion for photography.
Derrek registered his @derrek.harris TikTok handle in early 2019 after coming across the app following its meteoric rise in popularity after Douyin and Musical.ly merged. At the beginning of his presence as a content creator on Tiktok, Derrek decided to upload tutorials related to editing and post-production in October 2019. After a month of relatively low success, Derrek decided to do something innovative in a bid to get noticed. The following month in November, Derrek started his portrait of stranger series. Unbeknownst to Derrek at the time, this series would eventually go on to become the ‘thing’ that brought him into the limelight.
Derrek Harris has an estimated net worth that ranges anywhere between $1-$5 million. Most of his earnings come from his career as a professional photographer as well as from his influential presence on Instagram and TikTok.
On TikTok, Derrek could potentially earn anywhere between $3.31k - $4.97k per post, excluding brand-sponsored deals. On Instagram, Derrek could earn upwards of an estimated $1200 for a brand-sponsored post.
Derrek has managed to amass quite a massive following since his debut in 2018, with over 5.2 million TikTok followers, over 106K followers on his Instagram account, and 3.23K subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Derrek Harris was born on July 15, 1996, in San Francisco, California to a Caucasian Christian family. Derrek prefers to live a private life and is reserved about his personal affairs and as a result, not a lot of information is available regarding Derrek’s life or his family.
This is one of @derrek.harris’ most-watched videos with over 22.2 million views and it features Derrek photographing a couple at the beach.
Another popular video in @derrek.harris’ TikTok has over 12.4 million views and features another one of his famous photography transformation videos.
Another popular video on @derrek.harris’ TikTok has over 8.7 million views and features another entry to his popular portraits of strangers series.
Another popular video on @derrek.harris’ TikTok has over 7.5 million views and features another entry to his popular portraits of strangers series.
Another popular video on @derrek.harris’ TikTok has over 5.5 million views and it features another entry to his popular portraits of strangers series.
A. Derrek Harris is a famous American TikTok star and professional photographer who has shared photography-related content like editing tutorials and his viral series Portraits of Strangers which have earned him a lot of recognition and followers on social media.
A. Derrek Harris is currently 26 years old as of October 2022 as he was born on July 15, 1996.
A. Derrek Harris was born and raised in San Francisco, California before he relocated to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue his passion for photography.
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