24 Incredible Photographs You Won't Believe Came From Video Games
Video game photography is absolutely a thing, and you need to check it out.
For years now the gaming industry's art departments have been the unsung heroes of any production. Having sat there and meticulously crafted every piece of foliage, sculpted every rock and made sure every tiny frill on a characters constume animates and billows in the wind accordingly, you very rarely hear anyone discuss the visually artistic merits of video games. Many gamers have journeyed from the valleys of Hyrule to the wastelands of Fallout or the shiny sun-dossed shores of Dark Souls II, all uttering the same thing at one or another time; "Man... that looks awesome." TIME magazine had a similar thought when they recruited one Ashley Gilbertson - a war correspondent and 'conflict photographer' - to take to The Last of Us: Remastered with the core idea being to shoot a digital world like you would the real one. Although there was nothing 'wrong' with what Gilbertson brought back from his digital travels, something that became very obvious was that he wasn't very used to playing many games or operating in that world. Gamers are always framing things whenever playing through titles, so it stands that you'd need someone who's been playing for years to create the best shots. It's through years of manipulating cameras and being thoroughly immersed in any number of experiences gives the ability to effortlessly look around and breathe it all in. So, for art lovers or appreciators of damn good game design, it's about time this really cool meld of artforms got appropriately celebrated.
24. The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter
