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 NIGHT LUNCH, LOLA 1:2, NYSSA, ALPEN GLOW, ALEX CAMERON, LOLA KIRKE, NICO PAULO, SUPERBODY, SNEAKS, JOEL EEL, THRILLERS AND SHADE.

YOUSSEF’S RECENT COMMERCIAL CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED SSENSE, CURVES BY SEAN BROWN, 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. 

YOUSSEF IS CURRENTLY COLLABORATING WITH ARTIST ALEX JUNG ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM DUE FOR RELEASE IN SUMMER 2023


2022
SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SSENSE
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR CURVES BY SEAN BROWN ONLINE SHOP
ART DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER FOR LEONORA I.M
E-COMM PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SHAHNELI.COM
PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR LOVE INFINITY BY JOEL EEL


2021
PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KOREOGRAPHY BY LEEVISA
PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR RAVE OF REDEMPTION BY 266SX
ALBUM COVER DESIGN FOR PRESSURE PIN
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR E-PRIME 
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR "2120"
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR KEN SMITH

2020
PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SSENSE
BRAINSUCK MUSIC VIDEO FOR SHADE
ALBUM COVER / NYSSA / GIRLS LIKE ME 
EP COVER / ALPEN GLOW / AMERTAPE 2020
ZAMALEK MONTREAL LAUNCH PHOTOS
MILLIONS MUSIC VIDEO FOR SUNSHINE & THE BLUE MOON


2019
SNEAKS “ECSTASY” MUSIC VIDEO
SNEAKS PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS
SNEAKS TOUR POSTER DESIGN
SUPERBODY “LET’S GO TEAM” MUSIC VIDEO


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
GQ
EBAY
VICE
CBC
COMPLEX
NOISEY
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
VICE
FLARE
BECEL
TIM HORTONS
CANADIAN ARTS MAGAZINE