Youssef Nabil (1972) - photo 1

Youssef Nabil

Youssef Nabil is an Egyptian photographer and artist living and working in Paris and New York. His work includes photography, painting, video and installations.

Nabil grew up in Cairo on films made during the golden age of Egyptian cinema, which strongly influenced his tastes. Nabil's distinctive technique of hand-colored silver-gelatin prints erases the stains of reality. Nabil shatters common notions of color photography and painting, as well as notions of the aesthetic sensibilities associated with art and pop culture.

Nabil is known for his photographs of Egyptian and international celebrities: Catherine Deneuve, Omar Sharif, Tracey Emin, Zaha Hadid, Robert De Niro and Marina Abramovic are just some of the many icons of the art and film world that Nabil has captured. Like all of his photographs, each portrait is made in the characteristic technique of hand-colored silver-gelatin prints. Nabil's numerous self-portraits reflect his feelings of loneliness, exile and longing. They also play with the notion of time. There is no time in Nabil's work; he lives and dwells in some other world of dreams.

Date and place of birt:6 november 1972, Cairo, Egypt
Nationality:France, Egypt, USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Photographer
Genre:Genre art, Mythological painting, Portrait, Self-portrait
Art style:Pop Art, Color photo
Technique:Installation

Creators France

Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Daniel Authouart (1943)
Daniel Authouart
1943
Marie Bracquemond (1840 - 1916)
Marie Bracquemond
1840 - 1916
Yozo Hamaguchi (1909 - 2000)
Yozo Hamaguchi
1909 - 2000
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo (1894 - 1982)
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo
1894 - 1982
Joël Kermarrec (1939 - 2022)
Joël Kermarrec
1939 - 2022
André Aaron Bilis (1893 - 1971)
André Aaron Bilis
1893 - 1971
Gustave Miklos (1888 - 1967)
Gustave Miklos
1888 - 1967
Andrej Mikhailovich Lanskoy (1902 - 1976)
Andrej Mikhailovich Lanskoy
1902 - 1976
Emile Lahner (1893 - 1980)
Emile Lahner
1893 - 1980
Achille Etna Michallon (1796 - 1822)
Achille Etna Michallon
1796 - 1822
Paul Chabas (1869 - 1937)
Paul Chabas
1869 - 1937
Giampietro Zanotti (1674 - 1765)
Giampietro Zanotti
1674 - 1765
Antonio Asis (1932 - 2019)
Antonio Asis
1932 - 2019
Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656 - 1730)
Johann Michael Rottmayr
1656 - 1730
Rudolf Ernst (1854 - 1932)
Rudolf Ernst
1854 - 1932

Creators Color photo

Ed Paschke (1939 - 2004)
Ed Paschke
1939 - 2004
Karl Struss (1886 - 1981)
Karl Struss
1886 - 1981
Karl Horst Hödicke (1938 - 2024)
Karl Horst Hödicke
1938 - 2024
Blair Thurman (1961)
Blair Thurman
1961
Bert Stern (1929 - 2013)
Bert Stern
1929 - 2013
Jaqueline de Jong (1939 - 2024)
Jaqueline de Jong
1939 - 2024
Igor Borisovich Berezovsky (1942 - 2007)
Igor Borisovich Berezovsky
1942 - 2007
William Nelson Copley (1919 - 1996)
William Nelson Copley
1919 - 1996
Herbert Bayer (1900 - 1985)
Herbert Bayer
1900 - 1985
 Pierre et Gilles ()
Pierre et Gilles
Mette Tronvoll (1965)
Mette Tronvoll
1965
Masuo Idaku (1934 - 1997)
Masuo Idaku
1934 - 1997
Rosalyn Drexler (1926)
Rosalyn Drexler
1926
Matthias Zölle (1959)
Matthias Zölle
1959
Sergio Lombardo (1939)
Sergio Lombardo
1939
Stefan Moses (1928 - 2018)
Stefan Moses
1928 - 2018
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