#youssef nabil

[queerafricans]

Egyptian actors Khaled Abol Naga and Tamer Hagras, photographed by Egyptian photographer and artist Youssef Nabil, 2007-08

[art-mirrors-art]

Youssef Nabil - Open Door, Cairo (1994)

[thunderstruck9]

Youssef Nabil (Egyptian, 1972), Self Portrait at Night, 2010. Painted photograph, 26 × 39 cm. Edition 3/10

[strathshepard]

Youssef Nabil: Amani by window, Cairo, 2003 (Hand-colored gelatin silver print) via Yossi Milo:

Youssef Nabil's hand-colored gelatin silver prints are carefully crafted portraits inspired by Egyptian movie posters and films of the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Nabil photographs actors, artists, friends and himself in glamorous, melodramatic staged scenes that recall stills from the golden era of Egyptian cinema. He meticulously enhances his black-and-white prints with watercolor and pencil using traditional hand-coloring techniques. By combining photography and painting, the artist transforms his subjects into romantic icons and grants them an air of cinematic immortality.

[topcat77]

Sweet Temptation, Cairo 1993

1993

Youssef Nabil

[girlswithhobbies]

Youssef Nabil

[dumbbitchhour]

Youssef Nabil, Tracey Emin (Sleeping), 2006 x

[thephotoregistry]

Self-portrait, Paris, 2010

Youssef Nabil