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
ein sehr interessantes Foto! Die fernen Länder kommen durch Deine Fotos näher....
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent capture
ElizaB
excellent capture
virginiese
very nice street scene Sig. love the expression of the guy !
rawdodb
Nice Capture, Always enjoy the Candid shots of people being themselves.. Excellent!
Ionel
Maybe these two are responsible for the financial crisis today! :) Great capture, Sig!
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
mickeyrony
Thank you of to have taken an exposure time for immortalisate these joys. Life of the every day like. Cheer and mile mercies ((5++)) Merci d'avoir pris un temps de pose pour immortaliser ces joies . La vie de tout les jours comme . Bravo et mile mercis ((5++))
Phil-L
Nice scene
MrsLubner
Sig, I so much want to thank you for taking me on these trips across the globe - to places that aren't all about tourists and money and glitz. This is one of those great candid, everyday shots that I find so fascinating.
pixelmeister
Well done image!
Fidelity2
F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. 5+.
Minda
sig u really did an excelllent shot on this 2 guys here..great scene..
Sylvia
~Awesome~ Thanks for sharing... FABULOUS!!! :-}
Aioros
GREAT SHOT MY FRIEND.
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE & BEAUTIFUL COLORS :)
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.Thank you for taking us everywhere.
durleybeachbum
Are they making a deal, I wonder?
rainbows
A wonderful real life capture. Superb work, Sig. Hugs. Di. xx
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent and very opportune shot....!!!!!
MagikUnicorn
Excellent Street shot
lucindawind
fabulous candid shot !
tallpindo
One would expect to see Chinese as once were in Indonesia before the Muslims drove them out.
Richardphotos
very candid shot Sig
gypsyflame
Wish I could walk around in short sleeves in january...a nice shot!
mermaid
another excellent and narrative shot!