Verlassene Orte/Abandoned Berlin 1

Als Ruinen der Moderne verströmen halb verfallene Gebäudekomplexe - ehemalige Vergnügungspaläste, stillgelegte Fabriken und Krankenhäuser oder nicht mehr genutzte Militäranlagen - einen unwiderstehlich morbiden Charme. Der Journalist und Blogger Ciarán Fahey hat die faszinierendsten und spektakulärsten dieser verlassenen Orte in Berlin und Umgebung fotografiert und ihre Geschichte erkundet. Seine Bilder und Texte bewahren die Relikte einer geheimnisvollen Welt an der Grenze zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft. They are the ruins of modern times: Half-fallen palaces of leisure, idle factories, dilapidated hospitals and deserted military sites exude a morbid charm. Irish journalist Ciarán Fahey has photographed the most fascinating and spectacular of these abandoned places in and around Berlin and researched their histories. His pictures and words reveal the relics of a mysterious world caught between the past and present.

Ciarán Fahey works for an international news agency that pays him to go and watch football games. Since moving to Berlin from Ireland over a decade ago he has spent his spare time poking his nose into places most law-abiding Germans wouldnt, and become fascinated by the wealth of ruins and abandoned places in and around the German capital. He publishes his reports and photographs on the website www.abandonedberlin.com. It has been praised by the British newspaper The Guardian as one of the best city blogs around the world - the only one in Germany. You can find him on Twitter at @IrishBerliner and @AbandonedBerlin. His dark humor, which has undoubtedly made its way into this book, is like him forged by Ireland, an island on the edge of the Atlantic battered by howling winds and persistent rain.