“I just wanted to be free I didn’t want to be a rebel I just wanted to be free And do things I wanted to do Without anyone hindering me I wanted to live the experiences in my own skin. It wasn’t enough for me to be told what it was, I had to experience it down to my own bones, to make a judgment for what I liked and didn’t like”
– Uschi Obermaier
Uschi German activist, 1969
Uschi Obermaier was a German counter culture activist in the 1960’s & 70’s. She will go down in history as one of the most stunning icons of her day…
Uschi smoking cannabis for photo shoot 1969
“Mick (Jagger) taught me my first dirty words in English: ‘Suck my Cock’.”
– Uschi Obermaier in her biography “High Times”
Uschi Obermaier at Kommune 1 with Rainer Langhans
Friends of the Roadhouse: Elton John, Pink fairies… 1970 concert poster