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 (26)
flora-crassella
...mal ganz was Anderes! Ein sehr interessantes Foto mit den Taucheranzügen!
JeffG7BRJ
A plethora of wet suits and umbrellas Sig, looks like a few people have been enjoying the surf, are the others expecting rain or is it to shield them from the sun. Maybe an umbrella convention, they are all on one section of the beach. The wet suits look OK and can be explained quite easily, the umbrellas are intriguing. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!
leanndra
Very cool photo!
virginiese
How do they recognize their own suits? Hmmm. Not easily I think. I wonder if there has been some unwanted exchanges (LOL !) Great shot !
emmecielle
Interesting shot!!! :)
jocko500
wow there a lot of them. cool shot
annie5
Interesting capture and i agree with virginiese..Cool :)
MrsRatbag
Yes, recognizing ownership was my first thought when I saw this, followed quickly by curiosity about the bank of umbrellas...great shot!
junge1
I never thought about recognizing ones suit. I imagine that everyone knows what they are looking for!
kimariehere
WOw must have been a competition that day look how many there!!! (we were going to malibu sunday but ended up in Santa monica cause the kids wanted the rides lol)
artaddict2
It's great what we happen to see and take notice of to make a good composition for a photo Sig. Brilliant shot!
cameraobscura2
The first thing that comes to mind, 'now where did I put my suit?'
tallpindo
I saw a couple of months ago that the inventor had died. My college roomate wore his on Polar Bear through the ice dives in the Detroit River.
Hendesse
Superb shot, the POV is fantastic!
PD154
Interesting shot sig, this is one of those things we take for granted, how refreshing to see this side of surfing.
timtripp
wonderful image!
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo.
rawdodb
Beautiful shot!!!!
bebert
original shot !!
kgb224
Excellent capture Junge.
durleybeachbum
Fascinating pic!
dragonmuse
Fascinating.. never even thought about what they did with them before. Cool bit of education.
CavalierLady
Neat shot and fascinating to see the tents built with umbrellas!
delaorden_ojeda
unsual capture, nice concept and great capture, bravo !
MagikUnicorn
Malibu what a great place ;-)
tennesseecowgirl
Awwww home again Sorry I missed this one.... This is great, and I have visited this beach many times in the past, got to say my favorite California beach is Santa Barbara, well lets suit up Ya goina join me???? Thanks for this Sig :)