About this Event
On April 15, 2019, fire devastated Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral. Artist and photographer Tomas van Houtryve obtained remarkable access to the cathedral to document the devastation of the fire and the cathedral's reconstruction.
In his new book, , van Houtryve brings the viewer on his fourteen-year journey photographing the Paris icon before and after the fire. Drawing inspiration from Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, the artist explores the monument in different contexts and seasons, using a wide range of photographic techniques—from 19th-century wet collodion to aerial drones.
Tomas van Houtryve is a photographer who uses a wide range of contemporary and early techniques, continually questioning and reinventing his approach to image-making. He spent a year documenting the efforts to save Notre-Dame from ruin after the devastating fire of 2019. A selection of his honors include the ICP Infinity Award, the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents, the CatchLight Global Fellowship, a National Geographic Explorer's Grant and the Roger Pic Award. He published Lines and Lineage in 2019. Represented by the Baudoin Lebon gallery in Paris, he is a member of VII Photo Agency since 2010.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Reid Hall, Paris, France
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