Tomas Van Houtryve: 36 Views of Notre Dame

<b>Special insider access to the rebuilding process at Notre Dame after the 2019 fire, shot with a historic wet-plate collodion photographic process. </b><p><br></p><p><span>In <i>Tomas van Houtryve: 36 Views of Notre Dame</i>, the viewer accompanies the artist on his </span><span>fourteen-year journey photographing the Paris icon before and after the fire. Van Houtryve </span><span>obtained remarkable access to the cathedral to document the devastation of the fire and the </span><span>reconstruction. </span></p><p>Drawing inspiration from Hokusai''s series <i>Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji</i>, the <span>artist explores the monument in different contexts, seasons and using a wide range of </span><span>photographic techniques—from 19th-century wet collodion to aerial drones. Accompanying the </span><span>artist’s works is a multilayered archive of the cathedral, including historic photographs, </span><span>vernacular images and t