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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 (24)
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
bazza
Another super capture of this temple ruins.. wonderful!!
DananJaya_Chef
M2A
Great photo.
ysvry
great foto.
Faemike55
Cool shot and image Excellent, Sig
densa
great shot
thevolunteer
I have always wanted to go there. I bet it was amazing. Great shot. Aloha
lior
Excellent capture!
drifterlee
What a beautiful ruin!!!
npauling
An interesting capture and I'm glad they are trying to save this ruin.
auntietk
How interesting, that they covered over the original. Makes me scratch my head a bit. I'm sure they have a good reason for plastering over that part and not other parts ... Hmmmmm ... you've got me thinking! Excellent image.
flavia49
fantastic capture and splendid series!!
bimm3d
lovely place!!
Minda
excellent capture and beautiful place sig.
kgb224
Outstanding capture my friend.
bmac62
Wonderful...so much history. Did you climb to the top?
emmecielle
Interesting image, Sig! I like Pre-Columbian art! Thanks for sharing! :)
MagikUnicorn
WOWZER...SPLENDID SHOT
moochagoo
Very impressive temple with that face.
billcody
Wonderful artwork! The ancient stonecarvers were masters! And you as a photographer too, Sig! Thanks for sharing. This part of your journey was a hit!
lyron
Fantastic capture!!
jascorpio
WOW what a nice place!!
danapommet
Spectacular capture and the original stone works is amazing in zoom mode. Dana