deryck vs is nuts about photography. raised in southern africa and now lives in cape town, working internationally.

passionate about people he specializes in lifestyle advertising photography. he also shoots regularly for a number of prestigious magazines, undertaking fashion, beauty, portrait, travel, food and decor assignments.

deryck also lectures in professional photography at the stellenbosch academy of design and photography, on a part time basis, assisting aspiring photographers to create a financially viable and sustainable career for themselves, doing what they love most.

his grandfather, deryck humphriss, an optometrist and keen amateur photographer, gave him his first camera, a russian zenit 35 mm film camera, at the age of 15. bitten by the bug deryck has been shooting ever since.

descendant from mixed heritage his birth surname is van steenderen, a mouthful for the tongue tied who abbreviated it to vs, that evolved into verse.