Caroline Clifton-Mogg - Hidden Paris: Discovering and Exploring Parisian Interiors

Caroline Clifton-Mogg

In association with

First published in 2017 by

Jacqui Small LLP

7477 White Lion Street

London N1 9PF

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2017 by Caroline Clifton-Mogg

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Jacqui Small 2017

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Publisher: Jacqui Small

Managing Editor: Emma Heyworth-Dunn

Designer: Maggie Town

Editor: Sian Parkhouse

Picture Researcher: Karen Howes

Production: Maeve Healy

Digital edition: 978-1-91112-755-0
Hardcover edition: 978-1-84780-926-1

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

There is a house in which a family writes a journal of its daily life on every floor; there is a garret where a couple are at the start of their story; there is a cabin-apartment, home to a traveller and his suitcases between flights; there is a studio in which an artist derives inspiration; and there is an architect-designed duplex, a space both intimate and convivial

To reunite all the different facets of Parisian life and present them to our readers is the mission of Ct Paris, and one that we are happy to share in Hidden Paris, a book that has brought together the best of our collection of snapshots of Parisian lives. For almost ten years, the magazine has continued to refine its editorial line, always pushing beyond the clichs, the obvious and the conventional, moving away from the beaten track.

Paris has its secrets, the city has its mysteries. One has to know how to win her over, how to discover the enigma. In making Paris our landscape as well as our playground we have endeavoured to look at the city through the eyes of someone who is unfamiliar with it, paying attention to the other, the different. We are always drawn to the unusual, the original, the inventive, the creative and all those who stimulate a creativity that makes the difference. Driven by this desire and with the passing of time, Ct Parishas become the true documenter of the unknown, the invisible, the unexpected. It takes all sorts to make a world, and a city, too. This kaleidoscope of places, of lives and scenes, this careful alchemy is our backdrop. In this city, surprises are everywhere: look up and discover ornate balconies; push open street doors to discover garden courtyards; uncover hidden passages; cross the bridges to straddle both banks. Paris is every style, every hour and every mood.

To make our pages a dedicated rendezvous not only for Parisians but also all lovers of the City of Light, we have observed the city even more closely from outside at twilight, when life can be glimpsed through the windows, and above all, from inside, where lives are revealed more intimately. This life behind the scenes, this view of the unusual, we share in Hidden Paris. Building on our photographs, the book continues, in words and images, the idea of our very secret and very confidential Paris.

Martine Duteil

Editor in Chief, Ct Paris

The Sacr-Coeur Basilica is built on top of la butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.