Articles By Youssef Youssef
Photography doesn't find beauty
By: Youssef Youssef on: Thursday 23 April 2026 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
There’s a common saying among street photographers that borders on cliché: I use photography to find beauty in the mundane. I use that phrase myself sometimes and even believe it but I fi...
Windows and mirrors
By: Youssef Youssef on: Thursday 27 March 2025 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
© Judy Dater Artists love spectrums. They help make sense of a world that is rarely black and white. Indeed spectrums are more useful than mutually exclusive distinctions, which can only...
From the sidewalk: on Cairo's chairs and their culture significance
By: Youssef Youssef on: Tuesday 24 September 2024 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
I’ve lived most of my life in the same Cairo neighbourhood and last week I discovered something new while walking around taking photos: chairs. I’m in Cairo for a short trip so I want t...
Passing time: on the lost art of hanging out
By: Youssef Youssef on: Wednesday 19 June 2024 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
© Sage Soheir Passing Time Sage Sohier's photography from the 1980s remind us of simpler times Sage A few weeks ago, I shared a photo by Robert Doisneau of two kids doing a handstand i...
Creative struggle: on questioning what to share
By: Youssef Youssef on: Tuesday 14 November 2023 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
Photograph: Barcelona January 2023 This week, inspiration for a topic to write about has been slow. When I started this newsletter, I thought that finding topics to write about would become easier...
Show your work: on taking space online
By: Youssef Youssef on: Thursday 14 September 2023 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment
Boy on bike, Laos I’ve been taking photos for over 10 years. In fact, I was the friend who always had a camera and whose photos disappeared on a hard drive somewhere, never to be seen again....
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