Ismail Zaidy – L4artiste – is a 22 years-old photographer born and raised in Marrakesh, Morocco. He received his Baccalaureate in 2015 and graduated in International Management in 2018 from Cadi Ayad in Marrakesh. He started taking pictures during the summer of 2017, to express his inner perspective, around a hub of other unique creatives. All his pictures are taken with his phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5.
Ismail’s style is abstract and minimalist and his family is intrinsic to his creativity, his siblings often appear in his work.

“Photography is a family affair to me, for that, I started in 2018 a project named ‘3aila’, عائلة، family in English, my younger brother Othmane who’s 18yrs old is a big part of my work, and he’s quite a creative person himself, and my sister Fatima is 15yrs old, they both play a huge part in developing the ideas behind the pictures, we also support each other in different concept. All my pictures are taken on my phone (a Samsung Galaxy S5), in Studio Sa3ada, a space that we created on the terrace of the apartment we live in. Sa3ada means ‘joyful’, which is the feeling we get while creating in this space.
My creative process starts from finding ideas and getting props from the flea market and setting everything that I need, but it’s also dependable on my siblings, finding time between their school schedule, sometimes everything’s gets put on hold when they have exams.
Family is a big part of my life, I’m very dependable on them, and I’m trying to shine a light on this subject, the problems, the lack of communication, the distance between siblings and their parents, family estrangement is a problem that affects many but rarely talked about, I am trying to treat this issue throughout my work, showing that family is one of the most valuable gifts in our lives.”