Our reality often gets polished by glamorous photographs of well-toned models, homes looking as neat as a pin, as well as travel destinations and famous sights that look way too good and a little bit too magical to be true.
In his series Volte-face, photographer Oliver Curtis challenges you to view the latter in a slightly different light, by capturing scenes that tourists often don’t seem to notice: The opposite side of famous attractions that are often more than just unimpressive.
So here’s the unexpected truth behind some of the most famous tourist attractions travelers usually have no idea about:
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Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Pyramid Of Khufu, Giza, Egypt
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Great Wall of China, Mutianyu, China
Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, USA
Lenin’s Tomb, Moscow, Russia
Mao Mausoleum, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK
