Everyone who has visited world-famous tourist spots in recent years knows perfectly well how difficult it is to achieve the perfect shot. It’s almost impossible to take a good picture without taking hundreds of selfie sticks at the same time. But British photographer Oliver Curtis took a non-standard approach to the task of avoiding the crowd. He just takes pictures of famous places, pointing the camera in the opposite direction. The photo series is called Volte-face.
The photographer got the idea for the project when he was at the pyramids in Giza.
“Nearby I saw a newly built golf course, its paths and bright greenery. I thought this visual sandwich of contrasting colors, textures and shapes was interesting… because of the strangeness of my location. I was standing near one of the great wonders of the world, facing the wrong way.”
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris, France.
St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy.
The Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt.
Mao Zedong Mausoleum, Beijing, China.
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece.
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel.
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA.
The White House, Washington, USA.
Lenin’s Mausoleum, Moscow, Russia.
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
The inscription “Hollywood”, Los Angeles, USA.
Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, USA.
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.
Reichstag, Berlin, Germany.
The Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, China.
The World Trade Center (destroyed on September 11, 2001), New York, USA.
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
Sagrada Familia Church, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
La Moneda Palace, Santiago, Chile.
Angel of Independence, Mexico City, Mexico.
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom.
Gate with the inscription Arbeit macht frei, Auschwitz, Auschwitz, Poland.
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