Tourists’ photos all look the same don’t they?
That’s what Corinne Vionnet thought, in fact she went and proved it by overlaying hundreds of tourist photos from the internet. The result is a series of ghostly images of famous landmarks. They’re really lovely and make you wonder how people assess the optimum view of the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben. There’s a sort of collective agreement that they should be seen from a certain perspective. Perhaps it’s something to do with symmetry or an obvious vantage point.
But she must have been pretty selective, as we all know most tourists prefer to stand in front of iconic landmarks they’ve waited their lives to see and obliterate them with the head of their mum/dad/daughter/son who they see every day. Funny that.
Whenever I come back from holiday and offer to show my snaps to my Dad, he always asks me if there are any with people in them this time, knowing that otherwise he’s going to have to sit through hundreds of bits of found type, buildings, signs and overhead wires. Perhaps I should stick my head in the way more often then…
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