Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame by Tomas van Houtryve

Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame presents a long-term photographic exploration of one of the world’s most significant cultural monuments. Over more than a decade, Tomas van Houtryve photographed the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris as both an everyday presence and a witness to historic transformation.

Following the devastating fire of April 2019, van Houtryve documented the cathedral’s reconstruction, capturing rare perspectives from inside and above the restoration site. Using both contemporary technologies, including drone photography, and historic photographic techniques such as a 19th-century wooden camera, his work creates a visual dialogue between past and present.

For over 800 years, Notre Dame has stood at the center of French cultural life, shaped by moments of celebration, conflict, destruction, and renewal. Through these images, van Houtryve invites viewers to reflect on the meaning of preservation and the enduring relationship between architecture, history, and collective memory.

Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame Tomas van Houtryve

Izložba Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame rezultat je višegodišnjeg rada Tomasa van Houtryvea, koji je dokumentovao katedralu Notre Dame u Parizu prije i nakon požara 2019. godine.

Autor je bilježio katedralu kao dio svakodnevnog života grada, ali i kao simbol koji je kroz historiju više puta bio uništen i ponovo izgrađen. Nakon požara, nastavio je fotografisati proces obnove, bilježeći prizore koji su inače nedostupni javnosti.

Koristeći i savremene i historijske fotografske tehnike, van Houtryve stvara snažan vizuelni zapis o jednom od najvažnijih spomenika evropske kulture i o njegovom značaju danas.