Paris by Paris is a City Captured in a Book

Paris is a city that defies definition, a place that reinvents itself with every sunrise. Our latest homage to the city, Paris by Paris is not just a book—it is Paris itself, bound between two covers.

Co-authors Harold Cobert and Ariel Wizman bring the city to life through its streets, its spirit, and the voices that have shaped its past and present. “Paris is always becoming,” Cobert says, inviting readers to journey through the city's history to uncover a metropolis both timeless and ever-changing. Wizman, born in Casablanca but reborn in Paris, describes the book as an object that embodies the city: grand, enchanting, and impossible to fully know.

At the heart of this project is Martine Assouline, whose vision ensured that Paris by Paris captured the essence of the city—its tragedy and joy, its decadence and simplicity. “Each page is a masterpiece,” Wizman says. And just like Paris itself, the book offers new discoveries with every turn.

To live in Paris is to be forever influenced by it. To hold Paris by Paris is to hold a piece of the city—its poetry, its history, its soul. Watch this video, where Cobert and Wizman bring its pages to life.