{"id":92287,"date":"2016-08-18T08:15:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T07:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=92287"},"modified":"2016-08-18T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:17:05","slug":"oliver-curtis-volte-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/interviews\/oliver-curtis-volte-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Curtis Q&amp;A: Looking the other way"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92314&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92314\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg\" alt=\"Mao Mausoleum, Beijing, China\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mao-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Mao Mausoleum, Beijing, China<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Tell us a little about this project. What first piqued your interest in a series like this? Did you have any specific inspirations?<\/h2>\n<p>The Volte-face project began in Egypt on a visit to the Pyramids of Giza in 2012. Like many of the great monuments of the world, when you first encounter the Pyramids you feel that you have somehow seen them before, so familiar are they from postcards, posters, television documentaries, etc. I found myself intrigued as much by the surrounding landscape as by the Pyramids themselves. I was particularly struck by the appearance of a brand new golf course, sandwiched between the rubbish-strewn sand of the desert beneath my feet and the smoggy suburbs of Giza in the distance. There was a sense of a landscape ignored, a place that we look from, not at. Having found this image, I went on to do the same at the neighbouring pyramid, Khafre, and then continued the process in as many\u00a0countries as I could visit over the next four years.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92319&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92319\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg\" alt=\"Taj Mahal, Agra, India\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg?resize=601,400 601w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg?resize=562,374 562w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Taj-Mahal.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Taj Mahal, Agra, India<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>The results certainly make for interesting viewing. What is it you think people can learn from these images?<\/h2>\n<p>The idea behind the Volte-face project is to draw our attention to landscapes that are usually ignored. We stand on them, walk over them, drive through them. They are over-looked, in the sense of being neglected and ignored, but also looked-over as we train our sight and our lenses on the famous monument or building that has brought us to this place. The resulting images\u00a0seem to raise many interesting questions, and by giving the title of the monument to my about-face image, I could draw on the viewers\u2019 knowledge and familiarity with the landmark and all it stands for.\u00a0My hope is that the project encourages a partial re-directing of our points of focus, to appreciate these places for more than just the classic tourist snap of a place that has been photographed a million times already. That is, to favour the incidental over the monumental.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92317&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92317\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Liberty, New York, USA.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Statue-of-Liberty.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Statue of Liberty, New York, USA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>How did you select your subjects?<\/h2>\n<p>I have tried to focus on some of the most\u00a0familiar\u00a0and most\u00a0photographed\u00a0monuments around the\u00a0world. It could never be a\u00a0definitive list, but I\u2019ve done my best! I have also tried to respect regional knowledge and history. La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile for instance, may not be universally known but within much of South\u00a0America its place and\u00a0importance in recent history is significant. The\u00a0Crusader castle in Byblos, Lebanon is another case in point. But\u00a0there are the\u00a0obvious headline places, such as the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Hollywood Sign, etc. Hopefully if the viewer isn\u2019t\u00a0familiar with a\u00a0particular monument or site, then I hope they will take the time to discover it.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92316&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92316\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg\" alt=\"Reichstag, Berlin, Germany\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Reichstag.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Reichstag, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>What did you find the sites \u2013 and the resulting images \u2013 had in common?<\/h2>\n<p>Each location featured in the Volte-face series seems to offer up some form of narrative, theme or connection with the history of a place, so in that sense they stand unique to themselves. But often, despite being many thousands of miles apart and without any obvious historical connection, it was surprising how many places had features in common. Environmental misuse and neglect was often present, unsurprisingly so since these are locations where all the attention is focused on a particularly focal point or totem. But there were other connections too. I was surprised by how often a face could be discerned within the landscape, with architectural features somehow arranged to return my gaze.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92315&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92315\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg\" alt=\"'Mona Lisa', the Louvre, Paris, France\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Mona-Lisa-Louvre.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">&#8216;Mona Lisa&#8217;, the Louvre, Paris, France<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92312&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92312\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg\" alt=\"Great Wall of China\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Great-Wall-of-China.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Great Wall of China<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Any differences?<\/h2>\n<p>As these\u00a0photographs\u00a0were taken over a four year\u00a0period in different climates and conditions, there is quite a range of contrast, saturation and texture. So the series has quite a varied quality to it. But I hope that the continuity of thought\u00a0process behind the project binds them\u00a0together.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92308&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92308\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg\" alt=\"Auchwitz, Poland\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Auchwitz.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Auchwitz, Poland<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>What equipment did you use and why?<\/h2>\n<p>To give a consistency of vision to\u00a0otherwise quite disparate images I shot with the same camera and lens throughout. This was a handheld rangefinder and wide angle lens. On occasion, I would employ a polarising filter to add\u00a0clarity and saturation, but\u00a0otherwise the images are un-manipulated. I always frame in-camera and do not crop later. Printing is kept fairly naturalistic without recourse to strong vignetting, colour correcting or highlighting.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92313&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92313\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg\" alt=\"Lenin Mausoleum, Moscow, Russia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Lenin-Mausoleum.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Lenin Mausoleum, Moscow, Russia<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Tell us a little about the final images. How planned were they? Did you look for specific compositions or was it more of an organic, candid-style process?<\/h2>\n<p>The most challenging aspect of the process was to set aside any preconceived notions I had about a particular place, so as to be receptive to whatever I may find there on my arrival. I would read up on the history of a monument or site to see how it was regarded by locals as well as tourists, but try not to let that dictate my response to it.\u00a0I would often spend many hours at one spot\u00a0waiting for\u00a0something to reveal itself.\u00a0In certain locations, I would return the next day and at a different time of day to see what had changed. Some locations, such as Tiananmen Square, proved very fruitful and\u00a0choosing a single image for the final edit was very difficult. Others were trickier. At the\u00a0Korean DMZ for instance, I only had time to fire off two shots facing towards the South Korean guard before I was told to stop (you\u2019re only meant to take pictures looking North).<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92309&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92309\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg\" alt=\"Buckingham Palace, London, England\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Buckingham-Palace.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Buckingham Palace, London, England<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92311&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92311\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg\" alt=\"Colosseum, Rome, Italy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Colosseum.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Colosseum, Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Do you have a favourite shot? Why?<\/h2>\n<p>I think one of my favourite\u00a0images is at Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. This one is atypical in that the resulting image is as\u00a0beautiful, if not more so, than a picture of the monument itself, but my real interest here is how it reveals the monument to be a place of work, or labour. The security staff and janitors are caught enjoying the view, chilling out on a slow\u00a0morning. They have a lack of awe born of daily\u00a0exposure. I like the fact that they are the subjects of a\u00a0photograph taken at a place where millions of other images are taken that\u00a0normally\u00a0render them invisible.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92310&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92310\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg\" alt=\"Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg?resize=601,400 601w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg?resize=562,374 562w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Christ-the-Redeemer-Rio.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>Can you tell us a little more about the exhibition?<\/h2>\n<p>The first\u00a0exhibition\u00a0of Volte-face will take place at the Royal\u00a0Geographical\u00a0Society in South Kensington, London between September 19 and October 14 2016. \u00a0Admission is free and I hope to be there most days, work permitting, and look\u00a0forward\u00a0to hearing feedback in person. A book of the project will also be published by Dewi Lewis Publishing to coincide with the exhibition.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92318&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1220px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92318\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Stonehenge.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>What\u2019s your next project?<\/h2>\n<p>All I can say\u00a0about\u00a0my\u00a0next project is that it is set in the UK. It will be nice to leave my\u00a0passport at home for once!<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_92320&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 490px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92320\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg\" alt=\"The Vatican, Rome, Italy\" width=\"470\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg 667w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg?resize=300,450 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/08\/Vatican.jpg?resize=562,843 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">The Vatican, Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong><em>All images \u00a9 Oliver Curtis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The full <em>Volte-face<\/em> project will be displayed at the Royal Geographic Society in London from September 19th &#8211; October 14th 2016 (admission is free), and the photo-book will be published by Dewi Lewis to coincide with the exhibition. To find out more about Oliver&#8217;s work, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivercurtisphotography.co.uk\">www.olivercurtisphotography.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last four years, Oliver Curtis has visited some of the world&#8217;s most famous buildings, monuments and landmarks to take pictures&#8230; facing the &#8216;wrong&#8217; direction. 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