Found Game Boy Camera Images Capture a Bygone New York City

Nintendo's Game Boy Camera came about at a time when New York was a very different place.

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Artist and photographer David Friedman has just re-discovered these Game Boy Camera images of New York City in the year 2000.

Serving as a sort of unearthed archaeological relic, these grainy images manage to capture a very different New York City. According to Friedman's blog, Ironic Sans, the photographer explained where the urge to document the city with a portable gaming device and a primitive photography peripheral came from.

"Back in 2000, I was playing around with a Game Boy Camera, trying to use it to take color photos. When I first got the camera, I took a walk through midtown taking pictures. I just came across the images and thought I’d share them here for posterity (scaled up to 200% for visibility on our fancy modern displays)."

You'll notice, regardless of the low-resolution of the images, the Game Boy Camera still managed to capture something wholly composed and tranquil about a city that has dramatically changed in 14 years.

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[via Creators Project]

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Sleeping subway passenger

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A Giacometti statue at MOMA

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Toy Taxis

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Subway doors

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Subway passenger

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A slice

Rockefeller Plaza:

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Rockefeller Plaza

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New York Public Library

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