Sab Will

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Sab Will is a street photographer, abstract artist, occasional poet and self-proclaimed Paris chronicler. Born in Edinburgh in 1965, he immediately lost his claim to being a 'proper' Scot when he moved down to London at the age of two, taking his parents with him. Before being adopted by the French capital 20 years ago, Sab had already dabbled in a variety of professions, including computer sales, water sports instruction, wedding photography and journalism. Arriving in Paris in the autumn of '93, he found the only job open to a non-French speaker at the time: working in an American theme restaurant. After a meteoric rise from general dogsbody to fully fledged waiter at the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory in only six months (which accorded him the dubious honour of 'shaking his tail feather' twice nightly to a Blues Brothers tune), he started to notice his fellow workers disappearing to become instant English teachers. He preened and followed suit. After professional and personal successes and surprises far too numerous to mention, the call of the artistic Paris muse started to make itself heard, and Sab picked up his camera and pen once again. He now divides his time between photographing and writing about the more curious aspects of Paris, showing people the 'secrets' of the city he loves on private tours, producing abstract art, writing the odd poem, continuing with various English language related activities, and being part of a family to the best of his abilities. Sab's writing voice has been called 'highly personal' and his photographic vision hailed as 'unique'. He is one of the most prolific and popular Paris bloggers in the world (original Paris-rich content posted every day, more than 13,000 likes for his Paris If You Please Facebook page at the start of 2012) despite hardly ever writing about restaurants, bars or cafés, macarons, handbags or stilettos. Sab is considered a reference in the field of Paris street photography and creative Paris-related writing, albeit on the quirky side. He is also one of the top private Paris tour guides in his area of passion and expertise: Paris street photography and historical or contemporary curiosity hunting. He promotes this aspect of his work through his Sab's Secret Paris website, his popular Paris If You Please blog, and related publications.