Behind the Picture

Behind the Picture pairs well-known photographs with an invented view of the same scene from directly behind — printed on the front and on the back. You can switch the work around.

Marilyn Monroe, studio portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Andy Warhol, Polaroid self-portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Che Guevara (Alberto Korda, 1960)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Pastry cook (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Dancer

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Bricklayer (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Soldier, 1940 (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Anne Frank, school photograph

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Young farmers (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Man on a city street (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Woman with cigarette, studio portrait (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Couple, studio portrait (August Sander)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Noire et Blanche (Man Ray, 1926)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Steve Jobs, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Albert Einstein

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Rue Aubriot (Helmut Newton, 1975)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Joseph Beuys, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Two dancers

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Emir of Bukhara (Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, c. 1911)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

George Sand (Nadar, 1864)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Louis Armstrong

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Couple on a diving board

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Joseph Beuys, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Steve Jobs with the original Macintosh, 1984

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

The Romanov family, 1913

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Sharon Tate

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Two children, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Joseph Beuys, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Afghan Girl (Steve McCurry, 1984)

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Pablo Picasso, portrait

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Pablo Picasso, self-portrait drawing, 1900

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Martin Luther King Jr.

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Fashion photograph

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Marlene Dietrich

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Woman at a garden table

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Fashion photograph, wide-brimmed hat

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Fashion photograph, lace dress

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

Two men walking

Invented view of the same photograph from behind

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