OLIVER CURTIS: Volte-Face Francis Hodgson is Professor in

Francis Hodgson is Professor in the Culture of Photography at the University of Brighton

He has also exhibited at festivals and in galleries and museums in various countries including Spain

the critically acclaimed The Palaces of Memory

in her own words

OLIVER CURTIS: Volte-Face Francis Hodgson is Professor inAfterword by GEOFF DYER On visiting the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo in 2012, Oliver Curtis turned and looked back in the direction he had come from. What he saw fascinated him so much that he has since made a point of turning his back on some of world's most photographed monuments and historic sites, looking at their counter views and forgotten faces. Curtis comments, I found myself looking back in the direction I had arrived from, with the pyramid