Atlantikwall photo contest
If you like photography or if you think bunkers are awesome, then you should participate in the Bunkerzoom Atlantic Wall Europe photo contest. Just go out and look for hidden treasures all over Europe and create your own image of this bunker heritage. Who is not familiar with them? Bunkers in the landscape, hidden under […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: atlantic wall, atlantikwall, bunkers, contest, erfgoed, heritage, photography, wedstrijd
Monuments de Chagrin
Over the years, numerous photographers were fascinated by the bunkers of the Atlantikwall. The big inspiration, I think, for all these photographers was the French cultural theorist, urbanist, and aesthetic philosopher Paul Virilio. His 1975 book Bunker Archéologie is a classic, and also the first to examine the concrete World War 2 structures in detail. […]
In: Art · Tagged with: architecture, art, atlantic wall, atlantikwall, bunkers, photography, virilio
Batterie Longues-sur-Mer and Pointe-du-Hoc on 1944 video
PhotosNormandie shows high resolution photos of the US Signal Corps and more from 1944 on Flickr. They also have a Youtube channel with raw film material from the same period. There’re a lot of well known images and film images but to see all the raw material is amazing, plus it’s very interesting study material. […]
In: News, Photography · Tagged with: archive, bron, creative commons, film, foto, high resolution, materiaal, normandy, origineel, photography, photos, photosnormandie, raw, source, ww2
Regelbau, the photo series
Until the end of March and during July, August and September I’m presenting my photo series ‘Regelbau’ in Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands. It’s a study on the German standardized bunker from World War Two and its current state both as an historical object and a part of present nature. A fascination for modernist materials such […]
In: Art, Photography · Tagged with: arthur, atlantic wall, atlantikwall, beveren, bunkers, exhibition, expert, fotografie, national geographic, photography, regelbau, tentoonstelling
Karola from the air
Fantastic video by Olivier Benoit using a Canon 5d MkII and a drone (small remote controlled plane) of the Karola fire control tower on Île de Ré. More of his work on http://noibix.com/blog/
In: France, Photography · Tagged with: 5d, aerial, blockhaus, canon, drone, film, france, hd, Île de Ré, karola, photography, s497, tower
Battered Normandy
Since it’s June I found It interesting to share the following initiative that focuses on the Normandy landings through Photography. On Flickr you can find ‘PhotosNormandie‘. A collaborative project for social indexing of historical imagery taken during the Normandy campaign from June 6 to the end of August 1944. Here photos from several archives are […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: archives, atlantikwall, crowdsourcing, d-day, flickr, normandy, photography
Forteresses Du Dérisoire
First of all, thank you Arthur, for the very friendly and graphic introduction. On this Blog I will deal with the Atlantikwall from different and hopefully surprising perspectives. As I also try to do in the muddy fields and sandy beaches, or in the dusty archives surrounded by funny smelling paper. I always try to look beyond […]
In: Books & Magazines · Tagged with: 1973, 1976, book, derisoire, forteresses, francais, french, gautrand, jean-claude, photo, photography, virilio
Reliving history
On 19 September a step back in time was made on the Forteiland in IJmuiden. Here’s an impression.
In: Photography · Tagged with: festung, forteiland, history, ijmuiden, kernwerk, living, photography, re-enactment, windhund
35p8 Fjell
35p8-fjell, originally uploaded by Artz!.
In: Photography · Tagged with: 35p8, atlantikwall, black, blindée, blockhaus, bunker, coupole, fjell, fort, norway, norwegen, photography, sechsschartenturm, white
Bunkers in 3D
Wim Hoppenbrouwers shows us some of his work on the Fortificatieforum: 3D bunker photography. See more examples on the forum.
In: Photography · Tagged with: 3d, bunkers, fotografie, photography, stereo