36 Views of Notre Dame de Paris

On April 15, 2019, fire devastated the iconic Notre Dame cathedral of Paris.

In the 2024 book, 36 Views of Notre Dame, I bring the the viewer on my multi-year journey photographing the Paris icon both before and after the fire. With remarkable access to the cathedral worksite, I explored the sacred, the grotesque, the graceful and the defaced surfaces of Notre-Dame, turning the monument into a prism for self expression while documenting this historical moment of devastation and rebirth. Drawing inspiration from Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, I also captured the monument in different contexts, seasons and using a wide range of photographic techniques—from 19th-century wet collodion to aerial drones. Accompanying the photographs in the book is a multilayered archive of the cathedral, including historic photographs, vernacular images, and text by Victor Hugo and Pauline Vermare.