Do i have a case against my wedding photographer, its been 1 year and 7 months i do not have my album and when i try to contact him he does not respon

I have a contract where the photographer has to produce my album and he has not done so. I have emailed him several times, messaged him,called him and send him a message on facebook and there is no response from him.I was able to get a response when i blcked call him and he said he had some personal issues and feels bad that he has not send me my album. He then gave me a time frame and did not comply. Now i am on the chase again to try to get in touch with him. He claims he has things going on personally but is all over social media doing various things. The contract states that if the client does not respond to the album selection in 30 days he forfeits his right and the photographer will create the album and fulfill the contract. We tried getting in touch at several times in the beginning and explained to him for our delay and he was fine with it and lastly and i even told him that if he thought we were late in responding he should create the album and send it. So basically he didnot