Richard Silver: the sights of the world in an unusual focus
Richard Silver spent almost seven years and 35 thousand dollars to create this stunning portrait of our planet. During this time, he traveled many times and visited most of the places that are considered mandatory among tourists around the world. These are the legendary Greek Acropolis and the stone heads of Easter Island, the famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York and the Parliament Building in London.
Despite the fact that there are a lot of photos of world-famous attractions, Richard managed to present a completely new look at them. Thanks to the tilt-shift photo processing method, the emphasis shifts towards the viewer, and the buildings seem toy-like. Thus, the Eiffel Tower or Machu Picchu seem to be reduced copies of real buildings.
(32 photos in total)
Narrated by Richard Silver: "In this photo series, you travel with me.
Most people are able to recognize the places I photograph. When they look at my work and smiles appear on their faces, it means that seven years have not been spent in vain.
Some people don't believe me even when I say it's a real photo with real people. The most frequent question I am asked is: "Is this a model or a real building?". You won't believe it, but sometimes it's quite difficult to prove that I photographed not a smaller copy of, say, the pyramids of Giza."
Richard's work is on permanent display at the Lagrange Gallery in the USA.
1. Pyramids of Giza
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3. Taj Mahal
4. Mayan Pyramids in Chechnya
5. Atlas Mountains in Morocco
6. Stonehenge, Britain
7. The White House, America
8. Colorful houses of Reykjavik, Iceland
9. Teotihuacan, Mexico
10. Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA
11. Statue of Christ the Savior in Rio, Brazil
12. Stone figures of Easter Island
13. Acropolis, Greece
14. The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel
15. Machu Picchu, Peru
16. World Trade Center, USA
17. Colosseum in Rome, Italy
18. Artificial archipelago Palm Island in Dubai, UAE
19. Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
20. The Great Wall of China, China
21. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
22. Boddnath Stupa, Nepal
23. Parliament Building in London, United Kingdom
24. Petra is a city carved in the rocks. Jordan
25. City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain
26. The streets of Tokyo, famous for busy traffic and tall buildings. Japan
27. Halong Bay in Quang Ninh Province. Vietnam
28. Beaches on the Hawaiian Islands
29. Street in Korea
30. Tower Bridge in London, United Kingdom
31. Balloons at one of the festivals
32. Windmills on the Greek island of Mykonos
Keywords: Tilt-shift | Sights | Angle | Focus