Past due on wedding photos

I’ll try and keep this short...
Our wedding was May 26th, and our photographer contract stayed that we could get photos back 6-8 weeks after. It has been almost 12 WEEKS and we haven’t received anything. We have contacted him a few times asking him nicely that we have been waiting patiently and would at least like some sneak peeks. But this guy is being very rude, saying he sent us an email with some and we didn’t get the email. I asked him to please re send and he pretty much told me no.

We are starting to freak out a little, does he even have photos? I have never been pushy up until Sunday when he said he would have them done by the end of last week.
What do I do?!?! He lives in a different state, so it’s not like we can knock on his door demanding them. I don’t want to be rude, or he could not edit our photos, or take even longer for the photo book and prints.
Many advice??