If I’ll try to define the common photographic attractions found in cathedrals, such as Notre Dame and others- these will be the objects that will always catch my eye: Stained glass art, the architectural scale of these usually very impressive structures, stone figures and art icons and of course- the general atmosphere of the cathedral.

I started taking pictures in the Notre Dame cathedral using a tripod, as lighting conditions are far from ideal, and I wanted to avoid very high ISO settings and the accompanied “digital noise”. For whatever reasons, I was prohibited from using my tripod, making the job of capturing the architecture of the cathedral very difficult.

With, I turned to the objects in Notre Dame I could photograph more easily, this series features one image from the outside, a snapshot I took with my pocket camera, and two shots from the inside, trying to demonstrate some of the unique features and atmosphere that can be found in the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

The legendary hunchback, unfortunately, remained out of sight.

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