Η αθέατη (συνήθως) οπτική των παγκόσμιων αξιοθέατων αποκαλύπτεται μπροστά στα μάτια μας!
Όποιος έχει επισκεφθεί κάποιο από τα πιο γνωστά αξιοθέατα στον κόσμο, ένα πράγμα είναι σίγουρο: έχει συνειδητοποιήσει πόσο δύσκολο είναι να βγάλεις την τέλεια φωτογραφία για το μνημείο αυτό που έχεις απέναντι σου εκείνη τη στιγμή. Ένας φωτογράφος όμως, εμπνεύστηκε από αυτό ακριβώς το γεγονός, για να δημιουργήσει το δικό του πρωτότυπο project.
Η δουλειά ονομάστηκε Volte-face και ξεκίνησε το 2012, όταν ο Βρετανός Oliver Curtis επισκέφθηκε τις Πυραμίδες της Γκίζας και κοιτώντας προς μία άλλη κατεύθυνση παρατήρησε μία νεόδμητη και καταπράσινη …πίστα για γκολφ! “Η τρομερή αντίθεση στο χρώμα, την υφή και σε συνδυασμό με το όλο τοπίο δημιουργούσε ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον απότελεσμα” σχολιάζει ο ίδιος.
Έκτοτε, επισκέπτεται παγκόσμια αξιοθέατα και προσπαθεί να κοιτάξει προς τη “λάθος” κατεύθυνση για να φωτογραφίσει – δείτε π.χ. τη λήψη που έκανε στο περίφημο άγαλμα του Απελευθερωτή Χριστού στο Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο όπως αυτή αναρτήθηκε στη σελίδα του στο Instagram:
This Photographer Points His Camera The “Wrong” Way At The World’s Most Visited Locations
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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)
Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris, France
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.
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy
He is not the only one pointing the camera in the wrong direction on that one!
Pyramid Of Khufu, Giza, Egypt
Is he really untop of it?! As far as I know that is absolutely illegal, got some crazy ass people patrolling there. But cool if he's up there and made it without problems. I'd have a go too ????
Statue Of Liberty, New York, Usa
Mao Mausoleum, Beijing, China
White House, Washington D.c., Usa
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Uk
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.c., Usa
If you turn around at The Lincoln Memorial you see the mall and the Washington monument/reflecting pool, etc. This is not accurate.
Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, Russia
World Trade Centre, New York, Usa
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, Usa
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Vatican
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Great Wall Of China, Mutianyu, China
Buckingham Palace, London, Uk
Is the guy on the left a ballet dancer considering the position hos feet are in ????????
Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Angel Of Independence, Mexico City, Mexico
Arbeit Macht Frei Gates, Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland
Ministry Of Internal Affairs, Place Of The Revolution, Bucharest, Romania
North Korean Jsa, Dmz, Panmunjeon, Korea
La Moneda Palace, Santiago, Chile
Why the hell pacos always appear in chilean pictures??? This country is more than that!!!
Cell 5, Block B, Robben Island, South Africa
Monument For Democracy, Bangkok, Thailand
