TWA Flight Center (TWA Terminal) NYC
Part of Open House New York (OHNY) where on a weekend once a year many beautiful architectures and spaces normally not open to public are open for people to see.
And luckily this year again the TWA Flight Center at the JFK airport is open to public.
This is truly one of my favorite building in NYC. Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, opened in 1962. A survivor from the "Jet Age" and was made a National Register of Historic Places in 2005. I'm glade they preserve this beauty.
I've missed this one since I've learned about it for the past two years. Luckily I made it this year. I've heard that this could be the last time it opened for public view before it will close and transform it in to hotel with restaurants and etc.close and transform it in to hotel with restaurants and etc.
I decided to take the pictures the old fashion way and bought along my vintage 1973 Hasselblad 500C/M, with late '60s to early '70s 50mm, 80mm and 150mm Hasselblad chrome lenses. Luckily tripod was allowed so with my 500C/M mounted on it I walked around and enjoyed the beautiful space inside. Although I have to say that it was not easy taking pictures with my Hasselblad set up because there were so many people there, still I had fun and got stop by a few people because of the 500C/M one guy asked me if his son could take picture of him next to the Hasselblad, of course I said yes. Funny, I had my DSLR with me that day with wide zoom but I didn't use it at all!
The place was packed and the downside of this is that people were everywhere blocking many parts of the building. But it was good to see so many people interested in this beautiful place. I hope I will make it to another place next year's New York Open House.
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M (1973 vintage) Lens: Hasselblad 80mm f2.8 Plannar T* chrome. Film: Kodak Portra 160. Meter: Minolta Auto Meter VF. Digital conversion: Epson V550 scanner and Lightroom 4.
TWA Flight Center (TWA Terminal) NYC
Part of Open House New York (OHNY) where on a weekend once a year many beautiful architectures and spaces normally not open to public are open for people to see.
And luckily this year again the TWA Flight Center at the JFK airport is open to public.
This is truly one of my favorite building in NYC. Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, opened in 1962. A survivor from the "Jet Age" and was made a National Register of Historic Places in 2005. I'm glade they preserve this beauty.
I've missed this one since I've learned about it for the past two years. Luckily I made it this year. I've heard that this could be the last time it opened for public view before it will close and transform it in to hotel with restaurants and etc.close and transform it in to hotel with restaurants and etc.
I decided to take the pictures the old fashion way and bought along my vintage 1973 Hasselblad 500C/M, with late '60s to early '70s 50mm, 80mm and 150mm Hasselblad chrome lenses. Luckily tripod was allowed so with my 500C/M mounted on it I walked around and enjoyed the beautiful space inside. Although I have to say that it was not easy taking pictures with my Hasselblad set up because there were so many people there, still I had fun and got stop by a few people because of the 500C/M one guy asked me if his son could take picture of him next to the Hasselblad, of course I said yes. Funny, I had my DSLR with me that day with wide zoom but I didn't use it at all!
The place was packed and the downside of this is that people were everywhere blocking many parts of the building. But it was good to see so many people interested in this beautiful place. I hope I will make it to another place next year's New York Open House.
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M (1973 vintage) Lens: Hasselblad 80mm f2.8 Plannar T* chrome. Film: Kodak Portra 160. Meter: Minolta Auto Meter VF. Digital conversion: Epson V550 scanner and Lightroom 4.