Design Free Thursday | World War II Bunkers.
And so the somber mood continues here on yellowtrace, even on Design Free Thursday which typically embraces the fun, the whacky and the irreverent side of life. These images caught my eye a few weeks ago, and I never realised that I would be sharing them on the blog with you guys. But they are really talking to me right now and I feel so drawn to their mysterious, sinister and captivating nature.
Jonathan Andrew is a British born, Amsterdam based photographer who created this series of photographs of World War II bunkers in the North of France and the Netherlands. The bunkers were photographed at night while illuminated by direct floodlights creating these dream-like (or should I say nightmare-like) images. So eery, they almost make me shiver. Quite amazing that a photograph can do that, don’t you think?
Before I go, I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to leave such incredibly beautiful comments on the blog this week, and for your tweets, facebook comments and e-mails. You guys are a wonderful bunch of people and I feel so lucky to have such eloquent, intelligent and supportive readers. Tomorrow I am taking part in Bloggers Day of Silence. I will see you back here on Monday.
x dana
[Found via Daily Tonic. Images © Jonathan Andrew.]
And so the somber mood continues here on yellowtrace, even on Design Free Thursday which typically embraces the fun, the whacky and the irreverent side of life. These images caught my eye a few weeks ago, and I never realised that I would be sharing them on the blog with you guys. But they are really talking to me right now and I feel so drawn to their mysterious, sinister and captivating nature.
Jonathan Andrew is a British born, Amsterdam based photographer who created this series of photographs of World War II bunkers in the North of France and the Netherlands. The bunkers were photographed at night while illuminated by direct floodlights creating these dream-like (or should I say nightmare-like) images. So eery, they almost make me shiver. Quite amazing that a photograph can do that, don’t you think?
Before I go, I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to leave such incredibly beautiful comments on the blog this week, and for your tweets, facebook comments and e-mails. You guys are a wonderful bunch of people and I feel so lucky to have such eloquent, intelligent and supportive readers. Tomorrow I am taking part in Bloggers Day of Silence. I will see you back here on Monday.
x dana
[Found via Daily Tonic. Images © Jonathan Andrew.]
2 Responses to “Design Free Thursday | World War II Bunkers.”
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These are such powerful images. I was astonished to find out how many bunkers are still standing throughout England and Europe. In 2003 I took part in a project to create artworks in response to the many bunkers around England. My images are here http://www.lookoutpost.co.uk/yvettehamilton%20page.htm
They seem to be such potent and concrete (literally) memory-stores.
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These are such powerful images. I was astonished to find out how many bunkers are still standing throughout England and Europe. In 2003 I took part in a project to create artworks in response to the many bunkers around England. My images are here http://www.lookoutpost.co.uk/yvettehamilton%20page.htm
They seem to be such potent and concrete (literally) memory-stores.
He did an outstanding job on the lighting.