'Untitled 2007', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger While the French government has shown no will to restore the Maginot Line, individuals are taking it upon themselves to do so, turning bunkers into museums, staging war re-enactments and hosting gun clubs. Some have even transformed them into private houses. Here, Guirkinger shows a message of protest. 'I like the strange notion of saving this military construction that never saved anything itself,' he says

有些人甚至把它们变成了私人住宅。我被军队的幻想和玩战争的概念迷住了。“事实上，德军在进攻法国之前，曾在比利时冲过类似的防线。我喜欢庆祝一些从未被使用过的东西。“这有点儿傻，”Guirkinger说。“这也是一个不用面对残酷的战争事实就可以用来重新解释和改造的地方。”就像他们一样，我在表演一场游戏。摄影师还与Elodie Tinel一起制作了拍摄的短片。“这是一种揭示掩体建筑的方式，但也给我们展示了游戏。”看电影

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger This portrait shows an actor dressed as a nurse. 'I wanted to make it look like an old fashioned portrait,' says Guirkinger. 'It's not clear whether it's a historical portrait or a recreation of history. The picture is deliberately ambiguous.'

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger The bunkers in Elsace

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger Target practice at a gun club in a Maginot Line bunker. 'I am fascinated by the idea of the fantasy of the military and the concept of playing war,' says Guirkinger

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger This picture inspired the interiors shoot for Wallpaper's July 2010 issue. 'It's part of the gun club set up and it gave me the idea of bringing contemporary furniture into the bunker,' he says.

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger 'The re-enactors are historical experts, who know all the details of the uniforms,' says the photographer. Here, his subject is wearing US army kit.

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger The man in this photograph is holding the key to the bunker he purchased

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger This bunker is on the border of Italy, in the Southern Alps. 'I like the way it looks strangely like Afghanistan,' says the photographer

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger The project was partly inspired by 'Un Balcon en Foret' (A Balcony in the Forest) - a novel set in the Maginot Line bunkers by Julien Gracq. 'This bunker is exactly how I imagined the one the characters lived in the book,' says Guirkinger

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger 'The black and white pictures in the series are the most documentary-like in style,' he explains. 'I am fascinated by the forms of the structures, which have inspired many architects since. In 2006 I photographed a church for Wallpaper* by Claude Parent, which looks very similar to these bunkers'

'Untitled 2007', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger Soldiers would have been sheltered by the metal cap of this structure while projecting their guns out from beneath it... had they ever been attacked

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger During peacetime, soldiers didn't live under ground. This picture shows the foundations of what would have once been army barracks

'Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger An English re-enactor wears a Scottish uniform from World War I

Untitled 2009', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger Because of the size and construction of most of the bunkers in the line, they would be very expensive to destroy. In order to prevent people from exploring them, the army has tried to cover many of them

'Untitled 2008', from the 'Save the Ligne Maginot' project by Alexandre Guirkinger The Maginot Line is also home to the largest paintball field in Europe