When sought-after surf and travel photographer Yassine Ouhilal describes the Arctic over the phone, he’s present in the memory. “Twenty-four hours of daylight in those areas—if you’re a photographer, it’s like a never-ending sunset, the light’s amazing,” he details with what sounds like a smile, even if he has to travel on a four-wheel-drive through […]
Yassine Ouhilal
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Best Booster of Cold Water Surfing
Becoming one of the world’s most published surf photographers doesn’t happen without a massive passion for your subject, one that extends beyond the traditional. Yassine Ouhilal, known as Yassy to his friends, lives in Nova Scotia and has surfed since he was a teenager, but is originally from Montreal, where he studied film for years. […]

