
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Photographer Oliver Curtis has spent the last four years going to famous places and pointing his camera in the opposite direction — purposefully capturing the landmarks without the actual landmark. See more images from “Volte-face” below.

Taj Mahal, India

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

Mao Mausoleum, Tiananmen Square

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Lenin’s Tomb, Russia

Mona Lisa, Louvre

Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan

Stonehenge

Great Wall of China

‘Arbeit macht frei’ Gates, Auschwitz

White House, Washington D.C.

Colosseum, Rome