In this post, I link to the New York Times‘ [Not an affiliate link, I just recommend subscribing] article, Why Look At Planes, Photographs by Sinna Nasseri. Text by Rebecca Bengal. March 21, 2023
Plane spotters are everywhere in the world, but dramatically so here: In Los Angeles, where one is primed to view the everyday cinematically, the distance between person and airplane can feel as thrillingly thin as the space between Cary Grant and the crop duster in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest.”
Their passion is shared by the hundreds of thousands of viewers who follow L.A. Flights and Airline Videos, which livestream landings and departures with sportscaster panache.