AABID YOUSSEF IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WITH A FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO BASED IN MONTREAL. HIS PRACTICE OFTEN RECITES THEMES SURROUNDING ANDROGYNY, FINDING CONTEXT THROUGH MONOCHROMATIC IMAGERY COUPLED WITH DOCUMENTATION OF MUSIC AND YOUTH SUBCULTURES.
YOUSSEF 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 FAUX REAL, SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE, TOPS, COMMON HOLLY, LOLA KIRKE, LA SECURITÉ, SEDONA, NIGHT LUNCH, LOLA 1:2, NYSSA, ALPEN GLOW, SNEAKS, AND LEMONGRAB
YOUSSEF’S COMMERCIAL CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED SSENSE, PSG, 3.PARADIS, CURVES BY SEAN BROWN, STAMATIOS, VIEMME, SHAHNELI, LE GRAMME AND MAISON DOSSO. HE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED 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
CLIENTS
SSENSE
PSG
3.PARADIS
CURVES BY SEAN BROWN
EBAY
VIEMME
LE GRAMME
MAISON DOSSO
BECEL
TIM HORTONS