In regular guidebooks won’t see it.
Anyone who has visited the world-famous tourist spots in recent years, knows how difficult it is to achieve the perfect frame. It is almost impossible to get a good picture, not filmed at the same time hundreds of selfie sticks. But British photographer Oliver Curtis unconventionally approached the task of avoiding the crowd. He just shoots great, pointing the camera in the opposite direction. A series of photographs called Volte-face.
The photographer was born the idea for the project when he was at the pyramids in Giza. “Nearby I saw a newly constructed Golf course, its paths, and bright green. I thought this visual sandwich of contrasting colors, textures and shapes are interesting… because of my unusual location. I was standing near one of the great wonders of the world turning in the wrong direction”.
The 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.
The Mao Zedong Mausoleum, Beijing, China.
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece.
The wailing wall, Jerusalem, Israel.
The statue of Liberty, new York, USA.
The white house, Washington, USA.
Lenin’s Mausoleum, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK.
The Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, USA.
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Lincoln memorial, Washington DC, USA.
Eiffel tower, Paris, France.
The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany.
The great wall of China, Mutianyu, China.
World trade center (destroyed on 11 September 2001), new York, USA.
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Palacio De La Moneda, Santiago, Chile.
The Angel Of Independence, Mexico City, Mexico.
Buckingham Palace, London, UK.
Gate with inscription Arbeit macht frei, Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland.
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