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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 (21)
flora-crassella
great perspective! Cool picture!!!!
flavia49
wonderful capture!!
rachris480907
Nice photo! I like the effect of looking through the double mesh (chain link fence and goal box net).
erlandpil
Cool picture erland
bazza
Excellent shot guess they can't kick the ball out side lol..
flaviok
Infelizmente o povo brasileiro vive de futebol e carnaval; Enquanto a miséria se alastra. Excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
jocko500
good pov
kbrog
Great shot! :)
danapommet
Super action shot and a crying shame the there are armed police protecting a Kids soccor game. Maybe he was a parent. Dana
auntietk
Love the backlit leaves framing the top of the image, and the grids within grids of the fence, goalposts, and netting. Excellent image!
junge1
There are policemen all over the city. In Santa Tereza, on the Bondinho, in the Rio Sul Shopping Center, on street corners etc. Its the Brazilian governments effort to combat crime.
farmerC
Shining.
renecyberdoc
how far has this "civilisation"come if even when playing soccer a policeman has to watch. saw a reportage yesterday about the euro 2012 in poland and ukrainia,the hooligans of the football scene are way to right they hate gays and jews and go to the games with swastikas and mother crap.. if i was uefa i would cancel it and let the assholes starve.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
bobrgallegos
Very cool capture!
adrie
Great capture.
Minda
Great POV sig....Glad to hear that policeman are very alert ..
mariogiannecchini
Beautiful perspective and great capture !
blondeblurr
'All fenced in' - there is no finer sport than SOCCER, my son loves watching the European games, when they are televised here, especially Manchester United! cool capture, Sig BB
bebert
very nice capture