Kia ora, bonjour, hello.

My name is William and I’m a New Zealand creative living in Paris. I’m an advertising copywriter by trade, a lover of languages by chance, a photography enthusiast by choice, and an Arsenal supporter by necessity.

I started my Medium blog in 2020 to keep the lockdown blues at bay. Fast-forward a few years and it’s become a de facto home to my passions: photography, art, football, language, literature, philosophy, my life in France, or some weird combination of all of them.

Having written for some of the most active publications on Medium including Human Parts, The Writing Cooperative, Full Frame, Language Lab, Better Marketing & Bootcamp, I’ve received three Medium Staff Picks, over 50 boosted articles, a mention on Medium’s 2024 end-of-year honours list for stories they were “especially proud to be home to”, plus Top Writer status in Art, Design, Photography, Travel & Food.

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I’m currently photographing torn advertising posters in the Paris metro before they're pasted over: https://www.instagram.com/metrotears/

My online zine Les chaises vertes is available for download: https://williamsidnam.gumroad.com/l/leschaisesvertes

If you’d like to support my projects, you can buy me a coffee at: ko-fi.com/williamsidnam