While editing these photos for the blog last month, I (along with the rest of the world) watched in horror as fire blazed through Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral. It seemed surreal, that the same majestic spire I’d angled my lens at a few months ago, was at that very moment toppling down engulfed in flames.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral is quintessentially Paris. It is kilometre zero, the point from which distance is measured in France, and the official centre of Paris. In the few times I’ve visited Paris, it has always loomed like a beacon, constantly present and majestic.
Considered a Gothic architectural masterpiece, the cathedral is most visited monument in France. It’s no surprise that the fire stirred such an emotional reaction from all over the world. It’s not only Parisians, millions of people from around the world share a personal connection to Notre-Dame.
