"A simple idea that raises interesting questions and leads to aesthetically successful results: show up at some of the world’s most visited - and therefore photographed - monuments and sites, turn your back on the very thing you have come to see, and record the view that no one else is interested in." Geoff Dyer
visit the Volte-Face virtual gallery: https://www.spatial.io/s/Volte...
prints available upon request (editions of 10 + 2 APs, framed or unframed)
Volte-Face book available from Dewi Lewis Publishing
selected press:
www.ft.com/content/c19d23b2-5dbc-11e6-a72a-bd4bf1198c63
http://printcenter.org/unmakingmonuments/oliver-curtis/
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/photos-other-side-iconic-landmarks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-08/in-his-series-volte-face-the-photographer-oliver-curtis-captures-the-view-facing-away-from-famous-global-monuments-and-landmarks
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oliver-curtis-volte-face-photographer-shoots-famous-landmarks-wrong-angle-1568796
https://ri-flex.com/volte-face-di-oliver-curtis/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/its-behind-you-unique-photos-reveal-what-tourists-can-see-if-they-look-the-other-way/OGMD6SZWL2B7G6QC5XU24AFPAI/
https://www.lesnumeriques.com/photo/volte-face-les-monuments-d-oliver-curtis-pu102141.html
https://www.rt.com/viral/350205-stunning-opposite-landmarks-photos/
https://rp-online.de/leben/reisen/fernreisen/oliver-curtis-ausstellung-volte-face-die-bilder_bid-17714909
https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/coronet-inside-out/oliver-curtis/
https://www.mundoflaneur.com/volte-face-el-lado-b-de-los-monumentos-por-oliver-curtis/
https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/see-saw-geoff-dyer-interviewed-by-rob-spillman
http://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2016/08/oliver-curtis-royal-geographical-society/
https://www.businessinsider.com/oliver-curtis-photographs-the-view-directly-behind-landmarks-2016-7?r=US&IR=T
https://www.dmarge.com/2016/07/oliver-curtis-volte-face.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/07/07/oliver-curtis-photographe-monuments-voyage-art_n_10852646.html
https://www.all-about-photo.com/photographers/photographer/693/oliver-curtis
https://www.wired.com/2016/07/oliver-curtis-volte-face-photography/
https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/oliver-curtis-volte-face-92287
https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/volte-face-photographer-turns-his-back-on-the-worlds-most-over-photographed-sites/
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/volteface-this-artist-goes-to-tourist-spots-and-points-his-camera-the-wrong-way-a7118686.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/81810934/photographer-oliver-curtis-turns-his-back-on-iconic-landmarks-for-volteface-project
https://www.indy100.com/discover/this-photographer-turns-his-back-on-the-world-s-most-famous-landmarks-7301351
https://canongate.co.uk/books/3450-see-saw-looking-at-photographs/