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This Photographer Points His Camera The “Wrong” Way At The World’s Most Visited Locations
Anybody who's visited any of the world's major tourist sites recently will know how difficult it is to get a perfect photograph. It's almost impossible to take a good snap without also snapping hundreds of selfie sticks (not literally. Although there's an idea...), but this photographer has come up with a unique way to avoid the crowds - he simply takes his pictures from the wrong direction.
The series is called Volte-face, and the man behind the camera is British photographer Oliver Curtis. His inspiration came in 2012 when Curtis was visiting the Pyramids of Giza. “In the mid-distance I saw a newly constructed golf course, its fairways an intense green,” he said on Creative Boom. “I found this visual sandwich of contrasting color, texture and form intriguing...because of the oddness of my position; standing at one of the great wonders of the world facing the ‘wrong’ way.”
You can see Volte-face at the Royal Geographical Society in London from September 19 until October 14. Just make sure you're facing the right way.
More info: Oliver Curtis (h/t: creative boom, PetaPixel)
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Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris, France
Judy Wanderi 10 years ago
I did this too, and was in awe of how much detail the photo opposite the Mona Lisa has, I was more captivated by it than the hordes that were gawking at Mona Lisa.
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Parthenon, Athens, Greece
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St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy
Julie Perrissel 10 years ago
He is not the only one pointing the camera in the wrong direction on that one!
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Pyramid Of Khufu, Giza, Egypt
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Statue Of Liberty, New York, Usa
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Mao Mausoleum, Beijing, China
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White House, Washington D.c., Usa
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Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
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Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
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Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Uk
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.c., Usa
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Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, Russia
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World Trade Centre, New York, Usa
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Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, Usa
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St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Vatican
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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Great Wall Of China, Mutianyu, China
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Buckingham Palace, London, Uk
Katta Larsson 10 years ago
Is the guy on the left a ballet dancer considering the position hos feet are in ????????
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Angel Of Independence, Mexico City, Mexico
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Arbeit Macht Frei Gates, Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland
Jeanne Deaux 10 years ago
That's ... very disturbing. But, well, what isn't disturbing in Auschwitz?
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North Korean Jsa, Dmz, Panmunjeon, Korea
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La Moneda Palace, Santiago, Chile
Tomás Figueroa 10 years ago
Why the hell pacos always appear in chilean pictures??? This country is more than that!!!
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Cell 5, Block B, Robben Island, South Africa
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Monument For Democracy, Bangkok, Thailand
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What do you think ?
Arty 10 years ago
the idea is original, but apart from the first ones there is nothing very aesthetic in these...
Arty 10 years ago
the idea is original, but apart from the first ones there is nothing very aesthetic in these...
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