Photographer Oliver Curtis Captures Famous Landmarks From the Opposite Direction

While most visitors to famous landmarks turn their cameras toward the attraction to capture the moment, photographer Oliver Curtis chooses instead to point his camera in the opposite direction.

Curtis began his quest to capture the flip-side of famous landmarks worldwide during a trip to the Pyramids of Giza, according to a press release. At the site in Egypt, he turned away from the pyramid and realized he had never seen the “hidden side” of that well-known place.

He began photographing landmarks around the world from this vantage point and compiled the work for his upcoming "Volte-face" photo exhibit, which will be shown in the fall at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

See if you can guess the location of each of Curtis' photos in the slideshow above without looking at the caption.