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The Paris by Paris book explores the city's iconic and secret places through rarely seen photographs and narrative storytelling across multiple eras. Authored by writers Ariel Wizman and Harold Cobert, it covers cultural milestones from the Belle Époque and German occupation to the rise of existentialism, the Nouvelle Vague, and the fashion revolutions of Dior, Courrèges, Cardin, and Paco Rabanne. A foreword by Frédéric Beigbeder and a timeline of key historical moments add further depth to the volume. Housed in a luxurious slipcase, it is available in both English and French editions.
For the first time a book celebrates the legend of Paris, exploring its iconic and secret places alongside the extraordinary figures who shaped its history. Readers will discover the city through each era, from the glamorous Belle Époque to the recent Olympic Games, and will experience Kiki's Montparnasse, Picasso at the Bateau-Lavoir, the German occupation, the rise of existentialism and jazz in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Nouvelle Vague with Godard's Breathless, Dior's New Look, and the miniskirt revolution by Courrèges, Cardin, and Paco Rabanne. Social and cultural revolutions, all of which contributed to making Paris the world's most visited city. Following Assouline's best-selling volume New York by New York, Paris by Paris features rarely seen photographs, and offer a fresh new way to understand and experience Paris through an unforgettable storytelling journey of words and images. Housed in a luxurious slipcase and available in both English and French, this volume is narrated by writers Ariel Wizman and Harold Cobert. It is also accompanied by an insightful foreword by Frédéric Beigbeder and made complete with a timeline of the city's key moments of the past centuries.
