Oliver Curtis BSC Oliver Curtis BSC

"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/