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

Nikolai Nikolayevich Ovchinnikov (1958)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Ovchinnikov
1958
Jean Honore Fragonard (1732 - 1806)
Jean Honore Fragonard
1732 - 1806
Eustache Restout (1655 - 1743)
Eustache Restout
1655 - 1743
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (1739 - 1821)
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
1739 - 1821
Martial Raysse (1936)
Martial Raysse
1936
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632 - 1712)
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot
1632 - 1712
Louis-Richard-François Dupont (1734 - 1765)
Louis-Richard-François Dupont
1734 - 1765
Elsa Hildegard von Freytag-Loringhoven (Plötz) (1874 - 1927)
Elsa Hildegard von Freytag-Loringhoven (Plötz)
1874 - 1927
Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761 - 1818)
Marie-Gabrielle Capet
1761 - 1818
Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky (1880 - 1937)
Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky
1880 - 1937
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819 - 1898)
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu
1819 - 1898
Filipp Andreevich Malyavin (1869 - 1940)
Filipp Andreevich Malyavin
1869 - 1940
Jacques Vigouroux Duplessis (1680 - 1732)
Jacques Vigouroux Duplessis
1680 - 1732
Henri Alphonse Barnoin (1882 - 1940)
Henri Alphonse Barnoin
1882 - 1940
René Dubois (1737 - 1799)
René Dubois
1737 - 1799
Eugène Berman (1899 - 1972)
Eugène Berman
1899 - 1972

Creators Color photo

Richard Misrach (1949)
Richard Misrach
1949
 Shaweesh (1990)
Shaweesh
1990
Uwe Lausen (1941 - 1970)
Uwe Lausen
1941 - 1970
Nat Finkelstein (1933 - 2009)
Nat Finkelstein
1933 - 2009
Bruno Bruni (1935)
Bruno Bruni
1935
Farhad Moshiri (1963)
Farhad Moshiri
1963
Devin Miles (1961)
Devin Miles
1961
Valerio Adami (1935)
Valerio Adami
1935
Ayako Rokkaku (1982)
Ayako Rokkaku
1982
Gerard Verdijk (1934 - 2005)
Gerard Verdijk
1934 - 2005
Horst Kordes (1958)
Horst Kordes
1958
Josef Breitenbach (1896 - 1984)
Josef Breitenbach
1896 - 1984
Denise De La Rue (1972)
Denise De La Rue
1972
Konrad Fischer (1939 - 1996)
Konrad Fischer
1939 - 1996
John Matos (1961)
John Matos
1961
Chiho Aoshima (1974)
Chiho Aoshima
1974
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