Post by Tomspy77 on Jan 8, 2013 19:21:25 GMT -6
The link has some awesome looking pics of these bunkers you have to see...but here is the story behind the pics:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258923/The-ghosts-Hitlers-European-fortress-Photographer-captures-images-decaying-World-War-Two-bunkers-Holland-France-Belgium.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
"Most of the structures photographed for Mr Andrew's set are part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, put up by the Nazis between 1942 and 1945 in anticipation of an Allied invasion of the continent from Britain.
The first were chosen simply because the Netherlands-based photographer had noticed them while driving between assignments, and been taken by their surreal, decaying aesthetic.
But subsequently he began to hunt down more and more unusual bunkers dotted around the coast and countryside of north-west Europe.
He researched online, used Google maps and scoured history books in the search for more of these ghosts of Europe's brutal wartime history.
'Obviously a lot of them are the same, so I avoid repeating myself,' Mr Andrew said. 'I choose them by design, concentrating on those which are unusual.'
He added: 'It's almost absurd that these things are still there.
'The shape of them is purely functional, it's just this weird shape and if you didn't know anything about it you would think "what's this?"'
Mr Andrew uses a special technique to photograph his bunkers that gives them their eerie glow, making them seem almost like the apparitions of fallen soldiers.
He explained that each photograph is taking just on the cusp of night-time, in a 15-minute time window just as the last light of the day fades.
Each is the product of a long, 10-minute exposure, with Mr Andrew walking around the structures with a strobe flash to shine light on them from every angle.
He must dress all in black, with his face covered by a black balaclava, as he carries out the lengthy process to ensure that he does not appear in the final image.
'The technique I use when I photograph the bunkers means that I have a 10 to 15 minute window of opportunity to photograph them,' he said.
He explained that he must capture them in perfect light conditions just as day turns to night.
'I walk around the structures with a strobe and flash them,' he added. 'They are very long exposures of about 10 minutes each."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258923/The-ghosts-Hitlers-European-fortress-Photographer-captures-images-decaying-World-War-Two-bunkers-Holland-France-Belgium.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258923/The-ghosts-Hitlers-European-fortress-Photographer-captures-images-decaying-World-War-Two-bunkers-Holland-France-Belgium.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
"Most of the structures photographed for Mr Andrew's set are part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, put up by the Nazis between 1942 and 1945 in anticipation of an Allied invasion of the continent from Britain.
The first were chosen simply because the Netherlands-based photographer had noticed them while driving between assignments, and been taken by their surreal, decaying aesthetic.
But subsequently he began to hunt down more and more unusual bunkers dotted around the coast and countryside of north-west Europe.
He researched online, used Google maps and scoured history books in the search for more of these ghosts of Europe's brutal wartime history.
'Obviously a lot of them are the same, so I avoid repeating myself,' Mr Andrew said. 'I choose them by design, concentrating on those which are unusual.'
He added: 'It's almost absurd that these things are still there.
'The shape of them is purely functional, it's just this weird shape and if you didn't know anything about it you would think "what's this?"'
Mr Andrew uses a special technique to photograph his bunkers that gives them their eerie glow, making them seem almost like the apparitions of fallen soldiers.
He explained that each photograph is taking just on the cusp of night-time, in a 15-minute time window just as the last light of the day fades.
Each is the product of a long, 10-minute exposure, with Mr Andrew walking around the structures with a strobe flash to shine light on them from every angle.
He must dress all in black, with his face covered by a black balaclava, as he carries out the lengthy process to ensure that he does not appear in the final image.
'The technique I use when I photograph the bunkers means that I have a 10 to 15 minute window of opportunity to photograph them,' he said.
He explained that he must capture them in perfect light conditions just as day turns to night.
'I walk around the structures with a strobe and flash them,' he added. 'They are very long exposures of about 10 minutes each."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258923/The-ghosts-Hitlers-European-fortress-Photographer-captures-images-decaying-World-War-Two-bunkers-Holland-France-Belgium.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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