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

Godefroy Engelmann I (1788 - 1839)
Godefroy Engelmann I
1788 - 1839
Alexander Davidovich (Sacha) Zaliouk (1887 - 1971)
Alexander Davidovich (Sacha) Zaliouk
1887 - 1971
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne (1826 - 1901)
Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne
1826 - 1901
Natalia Dumitresco (1915 - 1997)
Natalia Dumitresco
1915 - 1997
Jean Béraud (1849 - 1935)
Jean Béraud
1849 - 1935
Léon Zack (1892 - 1980)
Léon Zack
1892 - 1980
François Jouffroy (1806 - 1882)
François Jouffroy
1806 - 1882
Gwendolen Mary John (1876 - 1939)
Gwendolen Mary John
1876 - 1939
Joseph Csaky (1888 - 1971)
Joseph Csaky
1888 - 1971
Nicolas Huet (1770 - 1830)
Nicolas Huet
1770 - 1830
Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854 - 1941)
Eugène Galien-Laloue
1854 - 1941
Horst P. Horst (1906 - 1999)
Horst P. Horst
1906 - 1999
Andrzej Jerzy Mniszek (1823 - 1905)
Andrzej Jerzy Mniszek
1823 - 1905
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (1935)
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
1935
Berenice Alice Abbott (1898 - 1991)
Berenice Alice Abbott
1898 - 1991
Roger Godchaux (1878 - 1958)
Roger Godchaux
1878 - 1958

Creators Color photo

Ray Johnson (1927 - 1995)
Ray Johnson
1927 - 1995
Angela Lo Priore (1960)
Angela Lo Priore
1960
Ronnie Cutrone (1948 - 2013)
Ronnie Cutrone
1948 - 2013
Yayoi Kusama (1929)
Yayoi Kusama
1929
Janiva Ellis (1987)
Janiva Ellis
1987
Keith Haring (1958 - 1990)
Keith Haring
1958 - 1990
Roger Raveel (1921 - 2013)
Roger Raveel
1921 - 2013
Hiroyuki Masuyama (1968)
Hiroyuki Masuyama
1968
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 - 2002)
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 - 2002
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch (1941)
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch
1941
Matthias Zölle (1959)
Matthias Zölle
1959
Giosetta Fioroni (1932)
Giosetta Fioroni
1932
Guy Bourdin (1928 - 1991)
Guy Bourdin
1928 - 1991
Serge Mendjisky (1929 - 2017)
Serge Mendjisky
1929 - 2017
Andrew Lambdin Moore (1957)
Andrew Lambdin Moore
1957
Bhupen Khakhar (1934 - 2003)
Bhupen Khakhar
1934 - 2003
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