Photo collection of New York's everyday life using Gameboy's "Pocket Camera"

By Nmaeda

Just by setting, the gameboy turns into a camera quicklyPocket cameraWas released in 1998. In 2001, photographer David Friedman, who was doing a project to make color pictures with a pocket camera shooting black and white photographs, photographed New York's everyday landscape with a pocket camera A picture of those days was released. It is a unique and somewhat nostalgic atmosphere photograph that was able to be taken because it is a pocket camera which is never high performance.

Ironic Sans: New York City photographed with the Game Boy Camera in 2000
http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/05/new_york_city_in_2000_photogra.html

Pocket camera which was distributed under the name "GAME BOY camera" in America. Although the game cartridge has a digital camera, the image is monochrome and the resolution is rough, but the paint function and the montage function etc. were loaded.

By weakmassive

First of allRockefeller Plaza. The picture has been expanded to 200%.


New York Public Library.


New York Museum of Modern Art(MoMA)Alberto GiacomettiWork of.


pizza.


Park bench.


A taxi's toy sold at the street.


The state that the subway passes.


Passengers on the subway.


A woman sleeping on the subway.


Self-taken.


This is a photographer'sDavid FriedmanThe photographs taken in the middle of a project called 'take color photographs with pocket cameras' that 2001 was doing. Pocket camera can only shoot monochrome photos, but Friedman says "If you shoot three identical pictures with red, green and blue filters and synthesize the pictures taken with computer, you should be able to RGB photos Based on the theory that I made color photographs.

Ironic Sans: Idea: Color Photos with the Game Boy Camera
http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/09/idea_color_photos_with_the_gam.html


The color photos actually created are as follows.


It is a nostalgic atmosphere photograph.


In addition, other Friedman's works can be seen from the following website.

David Friedman Photography: Portfolio
http://www.davidfriedmanphoto.com/