Michelle O'Brien

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Denmark

One of those summer holidays you will never forget. Copenhagen, Freetown Christiania and Roskilde Festival, 2010.

U Hermannplatz

Hermannplatz definitely has a seedy side, with homeless folk, junkies and dealers lurking in dark corners, but there’s a beauty to the constant movement and colour of this U Bahn station that I’ve come to love.

Stroke Art Fair

Getting inspired at Stroke Art Fair, Postbahnhof with my newest Kreuzberg neighbour, the lovely Em. Scheming up ideas for new art spaces, projects and exhibitions for Winter 2011/2012.

May Day

May Day, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 2010.

Every year Oranienstrasse comes alive with the May Day protest march and street fair. Things get ugly after dark with riots, burning cars and tear gas, but during the day it’s a family-friendly festival.

Teufelsberg

A day trip to Teufelsberg (Devil’s Mountain), Berlin, 2010. This place has quite a history – an artificial hill with a Nazi military-technical college buried underneath, a former ski resort and a US National Security Agency spy tower. Read more about it here.

PEXXX Festival

The Philadelphia Experiment (PEX Summer Festival) in Maryland, USA was quite a unique festival experience to say the least. One of the absolute highlights of my Summer of 2011.

Bonnie Scotland

A selection of my favourite photos from our time living in the beautiful city of Edinburgh in 2008 and 2009, as well as a few from our travels through the Scottish Highlands.

Moroccan Dream

A selection of photos from my trip to Morocco in May 2010. The images were taken in Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fes, Merzouga, Marrakech and the Sahara desert… on a camel.

Beelitz

Photos from the deserted (and very spooky) Beelitz-Heilstätten Sanatorium on the outskirts of Berlin, 2010.

“The complex from the beginning of World War I on was a military hospital of the Imperial German Army. In 1916 Hitler recuperated here after being wounded at the Battle of the Somme. In 1945 the site was occupied by Soviet forces and remained a military hospital until 1995. Following the Soviet withdrawal, some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000.” – Wikipedia

Potsdam

A Sunday stroll through Potsdam, May 2010.

Sydney Harbour

A walk around Sydney Harbour, 2010.