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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (29)
ledwolorz
Very beautiful photo.
Coppens
Marvelous shot!
artaddict2
Fantastic shot, and what a romantic dream of a place this is. a great POV and the composition has everything. I love the textures of the old decaying buildings.
jeroni
Beautiful colors and details.Fantastic work
Hendesse
The POV is fantastic, great shot!
brylaz
Wonderful picture! Great town - great shot!!!
aljaysart
Great capture, excellent well done.
rockstrider
This is a superb scene and an excellent POV! Great capture!
timtripp
maarvelous!
G_Mansco
A lovely place to visit. Cool shot ;O)
jgkane
Lots of lovely natural detail in this capture, Siegfried. It is not the sort of shot you see in the travel guidebook, or in a film at the cinema. They are all too clean, and neat and glossy. This is very human and very real, my friend. Regards, John.
Janiss
I have never gone in Venise but your brilliant captures give me to think going in this plendid town! I adore Sig!
thecytron
Bella! Bella! Bella! That's all the italian I know!
lanemtripp
great capture, someday i will go there and do that. thanks for sharing
MrsLubner
A tight fit and a winding trail even for water. I love the feel that this is just and average moment in an average day in an average week. The capture is anything BUT average!
moochagoo
I can hear the italian song :)
Fidelity2
The image is excellent. 5+.
mizoli
Great capture!
mickuk50
this shows life so well on the canals in venice .excellent shot sig :o) mick
amlondono
Brilliant capture , so well seen , excellent shot Sig , Ana
frankie96
Great composition...
delaorden_ojeda
My friend I feel very happy to be able to travel every day to this wonderful places thanks to your captures, great serie, bravo !
jocko500
that the way to travel. very good shot
Kelena
beautiful shot:)
RobyHermida
Excellent work! Very well done ! ROBY ;o)
Cosine
Excellent shot, Sig. This looks very three-dimensional. And like the rest of this series, it's so colorful, too.
Richardphotos
does the water have odor such as a fishy smell? it would be awesome to visit there
e-brink
Tremendous shot. Very atmospheric.
billcody
This is the best of your Venice series. It shows a little bit the live of the Venetians behind the tourists mile.