Artist reveals context of famous landmarks in 'wrong way' photo series

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Plenty of photographers have snapped shots of the Mona Lisa. But does anyone know the painting across the hall?

Artist Oliver Curtis is challenging the typical tourist shot with his photo series Volte-face, featuring the scenes on the other side of historical landmarks. 

For each photo, Curtis turns his camera in the opposite direction of tourists' cameras. This often exposes the landmark's context: how it's run, who works there, what the weather was like that day.

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The Taj Mahal (Agra, India).

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"After walking around the base of the tomb I found myself looking back out in the direction I had arrived from, with the pyramid behind me," Curtis said of his first trip to Giza, Egypt, home of the famous pyramids.  Read more...

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