Atlantic Wall

The crumbling

Atlantic Wall through

the inquisitive eyes of

photographer Stephan

Vanfleteren

During World War II, Adolf Hitler gave the

order for a line of defense to be constructed

along the coasts of the western front.

Ranging from the French-Spanish border

to the north of Norway, this Atlantic Wall is

a series of bunkers, barricades and coastal

batteries.

Over the past year Stephan Vanfleteren

photographed this 'wall' of more than 2600

kilometres in his well-known black-andwhite

style. He planted his tripod on various

beaches in Belgium, the Netherlands and

Germany, climbed cliff faces in France,

sailed between the fjords of Norway and

stood in the surf in Denmark to photograph

the ruins of the largest military structure of

the previous century.

Vanfleteren shows with this series of photos

his wonder for the untamed architectural

beauty of these concrete structures and

he shows the power of nature as it slowly

reclaims these structures that were once

considered impenetrable.

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