Asking For It – Matt Feldman Photography

Johannesburg, South Africa

JNB Airport, Gate A15, Johannesburg, South Africa

Feb 17^th, 6:10pm

I‘d like to think I had it coming. As I was boarding the shuttle bus from the plane to the terminal at JNB, expecting to transfer to my flight to Atlanta, I said to my colleague, “I would love it if there was some issue and I ended up going someplace other than Atlanta.” Off the bus, up the stairs, into the terminal and through customs, I scanned the overhead screens in the International Transfers area for the Delta logo. “DELTA 201 ATLANTA – FLIGHT CANCELLED”

My modified itinerary brought me to Amsterdam, where I took this photo from their fantastic observation deck. My impromptu diversion also enabled a short visit to Maastricht, and an evening spent enjoying their Carnival.

Epilogue

With this post, my Malawi series comes to a close. There may be some more photos posted randomly on the blog, so stay tuned!

Fountain Flight

I’ve posted a shot of this gate before. It’s at the midpoint of Detroit’s McNamara Terminal: the main security checkpoint, where the train boards, where the tunnel leads to another terminal, where walkways begin. Where all the action is. So Delta makes a bit of a show here.

Post date July 22, 2014

The Bird

With today’s news of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), home of iconic architect Richard Rogers, being awarded the design for a new terminal for the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, I thought it fitting to showcase the first amazing piece of work at the airport, Santiago Calatrava’s Satolas TGV station. A photo from the inside is what kicked off the relaunch of this blog back in April.

Post date July 19, 2013

Rainy Relief

By noon, the gears of travel finally begin to grind. I head to the airport, but with a brief stop at the FedEx terminal to retrieve the new camera lens that had arrived this morning. With an uncharacteristic smoothness in my travel plans, I arrive at gate C8. I think – maybe – that I might even have brought everything I intended. It hasn’t happened yet in eight years, but without any glaring packing errors, I consider the possibility.