How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Anyone who has visited in the world famous tourist spots in recent years, knows how difficult it is to achieve the perfect shot. It is almost impossible to get a good picture, not filmed at the same time hundreds of selfie sticks. But British photographer Oliver Curtis outside the box stepped up to the task of avoiding the crowd. He just removes famous places, 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 built Golf course, its paths, and bright green. I thought that this visual sandwich of contrasting colors, textures and shapes of interest... because of the uniqueness of my whereabouts. I was standing near one of the great wonders of the world, turning in the wrong direction".

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Taj Mahal, Agra, India.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris, France.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Cheops Pyramid, Giza, Egypt.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Mausoleum Of Mao Zedong, Beijing, China.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Parthenon, Athens, Greece.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The wailing wall, Jerusalem, Israel.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The statue of Liberty, new York, USA.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

White house, Washington, USA.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Lenin's Mausoleum, Moscow, Russia.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, USA.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Lincoln memorial, Washington, USA.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Eiffel tower, Paris, France.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The great wall of China, Mutianyu, China.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

World trade center (destroyed September 11, 2001), new York, USA.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Palacio De La Moneda, Santiago, Chile.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

The Angel Of Independence, Mexico City, Mexico.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Buckingham Palace, London, UK.

How to look like famous tourist places, if you turn the camera the other way

Gate with the inscription Arbeit macht frei, Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland.

Keywords: Tourism | Travel | Attractions | Tourist | View | Space

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