AABID YOUSSEF IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WITH A FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND DESIGN BASED IN MONTREAL. HIS PRACTICE OFTEN RECITES THEMES SURROUNDING ANDROGYNY, FINDING CONTEXT THROUGH MONOCHROMATIC IMAGERY COUPLED WITH DOCUMENTATION OF MUSIC AND YOUTH SUBCULTURES.

INSPIRED BY ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS FROM THE MID-SEVENTIES TO THE LATE EIGHTIES, YOUSSEF OFTEN COLLABORATES WITH ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS ON THE VANGUARD OF COUNTER CULTURE MOVEMENTS BY FOCUSING ON THEIR EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT AS ARTISTS THROUGH PORTRAITURE AND VIDEO ART. RECENT SUBJECTS HAVE INCLUDED LOLA KIRKE, LA SECURITÉ, SEDONA, NIGHT LUNCH, LOLA 1:2, NYSSA, ALPEN GLOW, ALEX CAMERON, NICO PAULO, SUPERBODY, SNEAKS, JOEL EEL, THRILLERS AND SHADE.

YOUSSEF’S RECENT COMMERCIAL CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED SSENSE, PSG, PARADIS, CURVES BY SEAN BROWN, STAMATIOS, VIEMME, SHAHNELI, LE GRAMME, TIM HORTONS, EBAY, LOVE BEAUTY AND PLANET, BECEL, AXE AND SUNKIST. HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, GQ, COMPLEX, VICE, THE LINE OF BEST FIT AND THE FADER. 

IN AUGUST 2023 YOUSSEF AND TORONTO ARTIST ALEX YUNG RELEASED 'GOT TO HAVE IT' THROUGH MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC THE DEBUT SINGLE FROM THEIR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT "CRESCENDO" 

2023
SSENSE / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
CURVES BY SEAN BROWN / EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR E-COMMERCE CATALOG
PSG X PARADIS / CAMPAIGN PHOTO RETOUCHING
STAMATIOS FRAGOS LIGHTING / CAMPAIGN AND E-COMMERCE PHOTOGRAPHY VIEMME JEWELRY / ART DIRECTION AND E-COMMERCE PHOTOGRAPHY
NIGHT LUNCH / PRESS PHOTOS AND BACK COVER ALBUM ART
LA SÉCURITÉ / PRESS PHOTOS AND PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
SQFT MAGAZINE / EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
“GOT TO HAVE IT” BY CRESCENDO / DEBUT SINGLE RELEASED ON MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC

2022
LEONORA I.M. / CAMPAIGN AND E-COMMERCE PHOTOGRAPHY
SHAHNELI / ART DIRECTION, E-COMMERCE AND CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHY
LOVE INFINITY BY JOEL EEL / ALBUM PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY

2021
KOREOGRAPHY BY LEEVISA / ALBUM PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
RAVE OF REDEMPTION BY 266SX / ALBUM PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
PRESSURE PIN / ALBUM COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
E-PRIME / PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY
2120 / PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY

2020
“GIRLS LIKE ME” BY NYSSA / ALBUM COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
“AMERTAPE” BY ALPEN GLOW / EP COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
ZAMALEK MONTREAL / CAMPAIGN LAUNCH PHOTOGRAPHY
“MILLIONS” BY SUNSHINE AND THE BLUE MOON / MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTION “BRAINSUCK” BY SHADE / MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTION

2019
“ECSTASY” BY SNEAKS / MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTION
“HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS” BY SNEAKS / ALBUM PRESS PHOTOS
SNEAKS / EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR POSTER DESIGN
“LET’S GO TEAM” BY SUPERBODY / MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTION 


2018
CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR HOWLER
SUPERBODY “CHAMPAGNE” MUSIC VIDEO
SHADE “SHE TOLD ME” MUSIC VIDEO
SHADE PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS
PLUM "OUT OF LOVE" MUSIC VIDEO
PLUM "SLEEP" PROMOTIONAL VIDEO


2017
SNEAKS “HAIR SLICK BACK” MUSIC VIDEO
SNEAKS PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS
SNEAKS TOUR POSTER DESIGN
JOEL EEL “VERY GOOD PERSON” MUSIC VIDEO
THRILLERS “SLOW MOTION REPLAY” MUSIC VIDEO
THRILLERS “SLOW MOTION REPLAY” SINGLE COVER
SUPERBODY PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS



CLIENTS & PUBLICATIONS
THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE FADER
PSG
PARADIS 3.1
GQ
EBAY
VICE
CBC
COMPLEX
NOISEY
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
VICE
FLARE
BECEL
TIM HORTONS
CANADIAN ARTS MAGAZINE