Ant Tyler

Category: Pillboxes

  • Photos Final Review

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    I’ve recently completed a final review for my history photography Loopholes project, I thought I’d share the final twelve images that made the final cut. These are all WW2 pillboxes that are in Sussex which were built in 1940 that were intended for the defence of the UK. If you would like to buy prints…

  • Visiting a Pillbox

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    My Loopholes photography project is now nearly completed, I have captured images of pillboxes and bunkers throughout East and West Sussex. The research element of this project has been inspiring as I’ve learnt so much about the history of the UK in 1940. I’ve really enjoyed the historical aspect which has in turn influenced my…

  • Shoreham Airport

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    I’ve been out in the fantastic light which this wonderful spring weather has bought photographing 1940s pillboxes for my Loopholes project. The below is one of a pair of infantry pillboxes that were built to protect an anti-tack emplacement which covered Shoreham’s Old Toll Bridge which then carried vehicle traffic over the river Adur. You…

  • Adur in 1940

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    I’m working on a personal photography project which I’ve named Loopholes which focuses on the 1940 wartime defences that remain intact in Sussex. My recent work is around the banks of the river Adur in Shoreham and the south coast. Above is the small, low slung machine-gun position on Lancing beach which now is overlooked…

  • Loopholes

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    I’m working on a photographic project focusing on 1940s defensive structures in Sussex. I’ve named this project ‘Loopholes’ after the gun embrasures in the pillboxes (bunkers) that still exist 85 years after they were built. Here are some recent test photos taken in digital in preparation for a medium format film camera shoot. These bunkers…