Aimé Dabbadie (they/he) is a non-binary genderfuck photographer, zine-maker, event facilitator, writer and multimedia artist, born in 1992 in France, based between Berlin (GER) and Malmö (SWE).

Their visual & photography work focuses primarily on the different layers of queerness, documenting their everyday life, strangers, and the underground nightlife. They mostly work with black & white film photography, turning what they capture into ethereal and melancholic images, which are later compiled into zines and art books. They have a darkroom at home and have crafted their own grainy developing and printing style over the years.

Their community organizing centers on creating self-archiving art spaces of care, blurring lines between guests and artists, fostering collaboration through experimentation and improvisation. Their current artistic pursuits involve fabric printing, experimental sewing, and soft noise music based on senses rather than technicalities.

They have also worked on raising awareness and visibility of queer and trans identities on several fronts through visual works, texts, music, paintings, street art, public speaking, performances, fanzines (Xem Skaters - 2016-19) and organizing soli-parties and queer safe spaces in the punk and rave scenes.

Their work has been exhibited across Europe, in the US and in Australia.

Aimé Dabbadie is also a professional freelance Translator and Copywriter in French and English.

contact: aime.dabbadie[@]gmail.com

Hire me for workshops & lectures

I can host a wide range of workshops focusing on the following themes : archive-based zine making, open-call based community zines, political zines, DIY art-book making, black and white analog photography (developing & printing). I am also happy to host lectures about queer zine making history and community based zines.

If you’d like more information, please send a clear proposal and clear fee amount in your first contact. If you are still new to the zine making world, I am happy to help you shape and customize workshop ideas that are adapted to your vision. However, please note that I will not answer messages without mention of payment or budget unless they are related to crowdfunding purposes or non-profit organizations. Reach out to: aime.dabbadie[@]gmail.com

Ongoing

Past works & exhibitions

2025

  • Panelist on the topic of Club Awareness at the ‘Unlocked: Promoters’ event organized by Refuge Worldwide and Resident Advisor - Berlin, February 2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

  • Photos and video work exhibited at Rakel Stammer's solo show Failure is Love // Love is Resistance at Gallery FRANK, Malmö, Sweden - October 13th-24th 2018

  • Lecture "DIY zine making and community editorial - carving queer spaces in the skate scene" at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands - September 3rd 2018

  • Invited speaker at the Pushing Boarders conference in the panel ‘Not just some homogenised bullshit’: Skateboarding and the Gender-Identity Evolution, London, United Kingdom / Speech published on Free Skate Mag - June 1st-3rd 2018

  • Featured artist at the 'Folx of WOF' exhibition during WOF 9 at the Evo Store - Exhibiting 9 original darkroom prints, Seattle, US - May 4th-31st 2018