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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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He is not the only one pointing the camera in the wrong direction on that one!
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Katta Larsson 8 years ago
Is the guy on the left a ballet dancer considering the position hos feet are in ????????
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What do you think ?
Arty 8 years ago
the idea is original, but apart from the first ones there is nothing very aesthetic in these...
Danuta Starwars 8 years ago
I supose, it's hard for a great composition from most of these places, but the Rio de Janerio shot is amazing and others are interesting too:)
Kerdo Kadak 8 years ago
I think the idea would be brighter, if thouse pictures would have been panoramic
Ryad Arlan 8 years ago
Well this is true media or journalism. Reality not the cropped advertised, hyped, sold rubbish. You get fresh minds filled with a delusion then medical comes along and says "You're Deluded"
Stephanie de Blaauw 8 years ago
Some of these would benefit from having a picture the right way or even a pinpoint on a map... been to several and looking at these I have no clue where he stood for the picture. Some seem to be close to the actual site but the one at the Eiffel tower seems to be nowhere near the actual tower.
Kiri Leonard 8 years ago
Look at the window reflection on that building, you can see the Eiffel Tower in it :)
Stephanie de Blaauw 8 years ago
Which means they are probably looking at the back of one of the avenues, which as the crow flies isn't that far but walking it's not really standing at the site anymore. It's not a spot most people would go to even to look the other way, most pictures would be taken at the side of the palais or the academy.. which give a clear view instead of trees Knipsel-57...20-png.jpg 
Arty 8 years ago
the idea is original, but apart from the first ones there is nothing very aesthetic in these...
Danuta Starwars 8 years ago
I supose, it's hard for a great composition from most of these places, but the Rio de Janerio shot is amazing and others are interesting too:)
Kerdo Kadak 8 years ago
I think the idea would be brighter, if thouse pictures would have been panoramic
Ryad Arlan 8 years ago
Well this is true media or journalism. Reality not the cropped advertised, hyped, sold rubbish. You get fresh minds filled with a delusion then medical comes along and says "You're Deluded"
Stephanie de Blaauw 8 years ago
Some of these would benefit from having a picture the right way or even a pinpoint on a map... been to several and looking at these I have no clue where he stood for the picture. Some seem to be close to the actual site but the one at the Eiffel tower seems to be nowhere near the actual tower.
Kiri Leonard 8 years ago
Look at the window reflection on that building, you can see the Eiffel Tower in it :)
Stephanie de Blaauw 8 years ago
Which means they are probably looking at the back of one of the avenues, which as the crow flies isn't that far but walking it's not really standing at the site anymore. It's not a spot most people would go to even to look the other way, most pictures would be taken at the side of the palais or the academy.. which give a clear view instead of trees Knipsel-57...20-png.jpg
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