Saturday

Artistic Camouflage

Two days ago, i was browsing through the wide collection of books in my late grandfather's room. Between the cultural reference books and the theological collection, i found a series of times books about World War 2. Being a huge fan our earth's biggest feud, i randomly picked one. Right in the front pages, the chapter was about "The Normandy Invasion" and there were pictures of these bunkers cleverly painted.
Opposite to the normal camouflage we usually so of plants, trees and high grass, these bunkers were positioned on the Atlantic Wall. So the rural urban setting forced the German to think "different". Various bunkers and artillery posts were painted on with patterns of houses and buildings. It made me wonder on how the said German general would be better off an advert expert or a scenic designer on today's age than a killer of the jew in the past.


with painted windows and curtains, this artillery bunker was passed as a beach mansion.

in the streets of a rural town, this machine gun bunker was put and painted to ambush infantry. the painted windows and double doors are highly detailed

designed to look like a simple summer house, this bunker will fool any person who sees it from afar.

painted doors and windows on this bunker door reminds me of world famous Banksy's stencil work.

detailed, this bunker is definitely purposed for its visual illusion