Lot 26: Youssef Nabil (Egypt, born 1972) Amani by Window, Cairo, 1993

Youssef Nabil (Egypt, born 1972)
Amani by Window, Cairo, 1993 'Youssef Nabil Cairo 1993 3/3' (on the reverse)Hand-colored gelatin silver print 125.1 x 87.8cm (49 1/4 x 34 9/16in).

Youssef Nabil's career began in 1992, and developed significantly in the 1990s when he worked in both Paris and New York as a photographer's assistant. It was during this period where he began to photograph friends and artist's, both formally and in the realm of dreams.In 1999 Nabil moved to Egypt where he continued to focus on portraits of celebrities. His work developed further, with the production of self-portraits that reflected his life away from Egypt. The hand-colored gelatin prints evoke a sense of longing and nostalgia, allowing his photographs to flicker between the past and the present.Nabil's work has been presented in solo exhibitions including The Third Line Gallery, Dubai; Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town; Savannah College of Art and Design, GA; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris and The Pérez Art Museum, Miami. Group exhibitions at venues including The Centre Pompidou, Paris; The British Museum, London; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver; Aperture Foundation, New York; North Carolina Museum of Art; Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.