One of the main features in Jersey is its beautiful array of bunkers, built and left by the Germans during the occupation in WWII, symbolising the islands history. These concrete infrastructures scatter Jersey’s surface stretching from headland to headland, creating contrast to the organic landscape with their geometrical structure. However, some of these are not visible from above ground, and in fact seem more like cave systems hidden underneath Jersey.
A specific bunker system I visited, H02, was such like that and lay under St Peters valley, left unfinished by the Germans. Exploring this system left me with a range of interesting photos, with tones of grey from concrete walls contrasting the rough-cut gamboge and ochre colour rocks. Since there was no natural lighting, a couple torches provided interesting experimental photographs when combined with an adjusted aperture.
OUTCOMES: CONTACT SHEETS
the photographs taken from this shoot will be used to experiment with editing in photoshop, and in the construction of my photomontages. within my contacts the circled photos represent my chosen photos to edit and include in my photomontages. the crossed photos will specifically not be used since they are not in focus and I personally dislike the composition.
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Some other photographs used in my photomontages will be from the internet, such as ones of Hitler and an ‘occupation related newspaper’.
