**A VISUAL EXPERIMENTALIST.**

**A VISUAL EXPERIMENTALIST.** http://theqine.wordpress.com bits and pieces by Yousef Alshaikh. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/ceca3ac62ef478cc62adf43b33d8ddac?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png **A VISUAL EXPERIMENTALIST.** http://theqine.wordpress.com Street art, Riyadh. http://theqine.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/street-art-riyadh/ http://theqine.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/street-art-riyadh/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:01:21 +0000 Yousef Alshaikh http://theqine.wordpress.com/?p=1558 ]]>

هل تعتقد أن معاناتك ستكون أدنى لأنك أحببت الطيبة والحق ؟

I came across this sight while driving around with Omar Bahabri and his banjo looking for a quite stretch of sand to sit on.

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Filed under: GENERAL Tagged: documentation, omar bahabri, saudi, street, street art, TheQine, Yousef Alshaikh

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The Slug is My Hero. 1. © 2011 Yousef Alshaikh | TheQine.

We are surrounded by beautiful things, living or otherwise, that we are taught from a young age to dislike because they are “distasteful”. I believe the only thing that is distasteful are foggy eyes that can no longer see beauty.

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These two images are part of a series of photos I took with a DIY lens right after the rain in Riyadh a few days ago when slugs and other “creepy crawlers” were out having fun in the backyard.

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Filed under: photography Tagged: art, beauty, creepy crawlers, DIY, lens, Macro, saudi, slug, TheQine, Yousef Alshaikh

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click for higher res.

Tagged: art, Die Heilige Bett, Gaspar Noé, saudi, TheQine, tribute, Yousef Alshaikh

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I haven’t picked up a camera in quite a while. I almost forgot how to use one.

Filed under: photography Tagged: 2011411422, art, portrait, saudi, Self-portrait, Self-portrait 2011411422, TheQine, Yousef Alshaikh

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Filed under: mixed-media, PERSONAL WORKS Tagged: A False Flag Will Be Followed, art, False, Flag, Follow, saudi, TheQine, Yousef Alshaikh

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Closeup crops bellow.

Filed under: mixed-media Tagged: art, Flight, Paternalism, Paternalism and The Lack of Flight, saudi, TheQine, Yousef Alshaikh

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