AABID YOUSSEF IS A MONTREAL-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WORKING PRIMARILY IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO. HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES THEMES OF ANDROGYNY AND YOUTH CULTURE, EXPRESSED THROUGH MONOCHROMATIC IMAGERY AND DOCUMENTARY-STYLE VISUAL NARRATIVES. YOUSSEF’S WORK OFTEN INTERSECTS WITH MUSIC, CAPTURING SUBCULTURAL EXPRESSION THROUGH AN INTIMATE, STYLIZED LENS.

HE COLLABORATES WITH ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONTEMPORARY COUNTERCULTURE, FOCUSING ON THEIR CREATIVE EVOLUTION THROUGH PORTRAITURE AND VIDEO ART. NOTABLE SUBJECTS INCLUDE FAUX REAL, SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE, TOPS, COMMON HOLLY, LOLA KIRKE, LA SÉCURITÉ, SEDONA, ALIX FERNZ, LOLA 1:2, NYSSA, AMERY, SNEAKS, AND LEMONGRAB.

YOUSSEF’S COMMERCIAL PORTFOLIO INCLUDES WORK FOR SSENSE, PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN, 3.PARADIS, CURVES BY SEAN BROWN, STAMATIOS, VIEMME, SHAHNELI, LE GRAMME, AND MAISON DOSSO. HIS PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, GQ, COMPLEX, VICE, THE LINE OF BEST FIT, STEREOGUM, AND THE FADER.

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PUBLICATIONS
THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE FADER
GQ
CBC
COMPLEX
VICE
NOISEY
CANADIAN ARTS MAGAZINE
NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS
CLASH MAGAZINE
STEREOGUM
BROOKLYN VEGAN
FLARE MAGAZINE


SELECT CLIENTS
SSENSE
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
3.PARADIS
CURVES BY SEAN BROWN
MERGE RECORDS
MOTHLAND RECORDS
EBAY
VIEMME
LE GRAMME
MAISON DOSSO