Back in the 80s I fantasized about a book of just this kind of pictures. I worked as a background designer for an animated TV show. Every episode featured some famous real-world location. Finding reference for landmarks was easy. However we also had to design reverse angles for each location. What is across the street from the Chartres cathedral? Today, with Google Earth, it’s not much of a problem. Back then we had only print sources, and travel photographers never seemed to turn around and shoot backward from the cathedral steps. We imagined sending a photographer around the globe to collect reverse angles of the world’s notable locations.
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