If you’ve ever visited any of the world’s most iconic and beautiful landmarks or monuments, you’ll probably be well aware of the fact that you’ll be surrounded by hundreds of people trying to get the perfect picture. This can make it a little more difficult to get your own pretty snap. But British photographer Oliver Curtis bypassed this problem by simply turning the camera in the opposite direction.
Curtis told Creative Boom about the inspiration for his Volte-face collection after 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.” This photographer points his camera the wrong way at the world’s most visited locations.
Instead of pointing the camera towards the towering and awe inspiring Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, the photographer captures an incredible view in the opposite direction, as well as some humble workers taking a break.
We imagine that the security guards at the Louvre in Paris may have been a little confused when a photographer was only pointing his camera in the opposite direction of the one and only Mona Lisa painting…
Instead of capturing the spectacular architecture of the stunning Taj Mahal in Agra, India, we get a peak at the atmospheric mist that engulfs all of the visitors trying to take the perfect snap.
If you point your camera in the opposite direction at Parthenon in Anthens, Greece, you’ll be greeted by a very different type of view…
This photograph of tourists desperately trying to take the perfect picture at the Mao Mausoleum in Beijing, China perfectly captures the 21st century infatuation with documenting and photographing everything…
The Wailing Wall located in Jerusalem in Israel is a sacred and spiritual location, but if you turn the camera around there is a different story being told…
Although Stone Henge is a beautiful and simple display of architecture in Wiltshire, UK, there is beauty surrounding it in every other direction as well…
Turning the camera the “wrong way” at the iconic President Lincoln memorial in Washington creates a personal and very natural moment in life…
If you point your camera lense away from the very famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, then you get a far less glamorous depiction of life in this part of America…
Sagradia Familia in Barcelona, Spain is a truly breathtaking, unique and incredible structure that is still actually under construction, but the dusty park that many people photograph from also has its own natural ease…
The Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, Egypt is an expansive and incredibly impressive piece of unique man-made architecture, but laying behind it is a view of purely natural beauty
Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow, Russia is monumental and stunning place to visit, but in the opposite direction is a large and ominous square caked in snow…
The Wall of China is an expansive and pretty amazing places to visit in Mutianyu, China, but of course there are less inspiring elements that keep the location in check…
