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 (30)
MagikUnicorn
Great capture!
Faemike55
Very cool candid capture Sig!
Jay-el-Jay
A nice shot of this slice of life.
renecyberdoc
nice scene.
jayfar
Saw some of the Indian handicrafts on our trip to the US and most of it was beautiful stuff. A super 'people' shot Sig.
starship64
Really nice capture.
bazza
Very lovely shot Sig, the items look colourful!!
AZBO
We need more of this type of selling here-Too many stupid law's though
fallen21
Fantastic capture.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
dakotabluemoon
Great capture of these people hon.
farmerC
Shining shot.
ontar1
Very nice shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bobrgallegos
Outstanding candid urban scene Sig!!
UVDan
A very nice candid study of the street vendor.
nefertiabet
Wunderschöne Strassenszene!!!
UteBigSmile
Wenn man sieht, mit was sich diese Menschen ihr tägliches Brot verdienen müssen, dann kommen mir die Tränen - Aber es ist ein tolle Foto!
rockstrider
Super street scene Sig!
Cyve
Lovely capture my friend and great scene !!! WOnderful work !!!
flavia49
very nice
sandra46
EXCELLENT SHOT
auntietk
I can't stop staring at this image ... it brings with it a warm day, lazy and peaceful. I have no idea what it would mean to the people in the picture -- maybe just another work day -- but it's so rare here, I'm enjoying it vicariously!!
Dreamingbee
i like this street scenes - wonderful photo Sig
tigertim
Quite some scene!!.. an excellent capture.. and quite some office uniform on those two girls.. very heavy duty!!
bebert
very nice image of life.
Richardphotos
very candid capture
dochtersions
Such an interesting picture this is, Sig. A lot to discover here, really also a busy place. I would have loved to see the handicrafts i.r.l. (and maybe buy some).
Jean_C
Very nice street shot!
junge1
Buying handicraft items from a Native American there is the real deal, not something made for export in a third world country.
danapommet
A very common scene in South America and all through the Caribbean!