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 (34)
Dianthus
Beautiful capture:)
bmac62
Busy street scape showing the hussle-bussle of urban life. Thank goodness for the street signs...without them, no shot at all:-) I like it. Bill
ledwolorz
Fantastic capture,
beachzz
Great street shot and the light just makes it glow!!
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
lyron
Wonderful shot!!
renecyberdoc
nice shot,i mean the ay you caught the light is beautiful.i am not able to do that,maybe because i do not concentrate on photography,maybe i should. anyway this is well done.
fredster66
Excellent light and mood Sig!
Cosme..D..Churruca
superb!
MaraP
Excellent capture, great atmosphere!!
Liam.
Striking mood
PIERRE25
Jolie capture, belle photo!
Hendesse
Beautiful light and mood. Excellent shot!
jeroni
Beautiful photo
tallpindo
Your travels expand the consciousness. The trees are like Hollywood while the narrow street keeps an old world quality to an Americas location.
durleybeachbum
So busy!
timtripp
wonderful!!! where have you not been?
casmindo
I like the effects of shooting into the light! The silhoettes add to the character. Nice shot.
flaviok
Impressionante, captura fantástica, aplausos (5)
allnaydi
Terrific street scene, light and capture!
moonrancher
Beautiful capture of the moment. Wonderful shapes and colors, and it's so interesting, how the people are reduced to symbois by the sunlight.
JeffG7BRJ
Love those long shadows Sig, an excellent into the sun shot. Bravo!!!!!
MrsRatbag
Marvelous light!
lucindawind
fantastic shot ! the lighting is wonderful
flora-crassella
eine sehr schöne, warme Atmosphäre!!!!
ElizaB
Love the lighting in this capture.
emmecielle
Wonderful capture! The lighting is fantastic! :)
bebert
très joli contre-jour.
Richardphotos
from one day to the next it is anybodies guess where you will transport us.always a pleasant surprise
jocko500
wonderful looking . cool lighting you have here