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This is not a picture of a painting. When I was in a museum in Rome, I was struck by how the light from the window on the left was striking the inside of the open shutter, decorated with the round framed portrait.
The Oculus was designed by Santiago Calatrava.
It opened on March 3, 2016.
It's sits over the World Trade Center Transportation Hub or World Trade Center subway station.
Rising near the Oculus is One World Trade Center. It is the tallest building in the US.
The Oculus was positioned as part of the World Trade Center masterplan by Daniel Libeskind and designed by Santiago Calatrava. The structure’s white metal-clad steel ribs reach up and out in a monumental move symbolic of a hand releasing a dove.
The structure's orientation serves as a lasting reminder of the attacks of September 11, 2001. It is in alignment with the sun’s solar angles on each September 11, from 8:46 am, when the first plane struck, until 10:28 am, when the second tower collapsed. Its central skylight fits this alignment and washes the Oculus floor with a beam of light.
Editor Anthony Nielsen tries the Oculus Rift while a visiting team from CUNY, Annie Berman and Tim Whitney, look on.
I'm back from New York, and although it wasn't a photography trip, I still managed to sneak in a couple of minutes to snag a few photos.
This is the Oculus, a $4 billion, (yes billion) transportation hub in Lower Manhattan, which takes the place of the old PATH train station that was destroyed back on 9/11.
I wanted to show off the wonderful architecture while trying to convey just how many people pass through this space each day. It was pretty neat to take a minute and watch so many people just doing their daily thing. Thinking about if they're catching a train to work, or just getting off work and heading home or going to meet up with friends. Of the places I've been, New York is easily my favorite place to people watch.
Because there is a strict no tripod policy, I had to handhold this shot which proved a bit challenging to hold still while keeping everything symmetrical especially with people continuingly passing by, and an accidental bump here and there.