mistersnappy | intermittent since 2001

On Paris

An awful, terrible thing happened. People changed their profile pictures on Facebook to the French flag in solidarity, yet this has sparked a lot of hate. My timeline is filled with hate. Hate because they didn’t support one nation when they needed it. Hate because they recognised one organisation not as others may view them. Hate for not…

This is not a game. This is not a film.

I saw a piece of video footage yesterday. I watched it once*. That was enough. I couldn’t bring myself to share it. To expose anyone else to what I had just seen. It was of a car being driven into a bus stop where people were waiting. Two of the people ran away in fear…

Two cameras that begin with an L.

Everyone knows that Leicas are expensive. Most people think them to be the most beautiful machines ever crafted. Some people believe they’ll never be able to afford such a photographic extravagance. I fall into all three categories but was not about to let the latter get in my way. As a lover of film and all things…

Bulletproof Vest

I wore a bulletproof vest for the first time today. I didn’t like it at all. I thought it might be exciting, It wasn’t. It was uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically. The weight of years of persecution weighing heavily on my hips. I wore a bulletproof vest for the first time today. I have never…

11 reasons why I love the new #nme

This guy just handed me my first #nme in 20 years. Made my day! A photo posted by Simon Kisner (@mistersnappy) on Sep 18, 2015 at 12:55am PDT I'm definitely not in the target demographic for #nme anymore but I like this because… A photo posted by Simon Kisner (@mistersnappy) on Sep 18, 2015 at…

Snapchat. What?

When Snapchat launched in 2011 I though it was just a social network for the youth and minor d-list celebrities to share images of their most private parts with each other. The only body part I’m willing to share over the internet is my face, or perhaps my feet on a beach somewhere. I place…

9 things I learned since we had a dog

Our handsome miniature labradoodle came to live with us in March this year. He’s a lovely little fella, full of energy and with such a wonderful personality, but there are things I’ve learned over the past few months that just never occurred to me were dog related or I was too daft to consider. Here…

Westend Synagogue, Frankfurt – Not what I expected

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Frankfurt Bookfair through work. That’s 3 days at the world’s largest bookfair talking to international booksellers and publishers about the project I’ve been working on for Blackwell’s and getting a feel for where it should go next. It’s certainly a privilege to take time out of…

I worked at Television Centre. It was the best place ever!

I’ve knocked around the BBC the best part of my life due to the fact that my dad worked there for ever. When I went to study photography at Sandwell College in Wednesbury/West Bromwich we were required to organise work experience for both years of the course. The first year I did a week with the…

Everyday brogues

I’ve just celebrated a birthday. It’s not such a significant one but each year I feel that I should grow up a little perhaps. Each year I make an effort to smarten up, read more, stop going to Glastonbury (still working on that one). This year I decided that grown ups don’t wear trainers to…