Evan Amos

Evan Amos (born 1983) is a photographer of video game consoles, which he licenses freely to the public domain. He contributes these images to Wikipedia, and works on The Vanamo Online Game Museum, a free digital archive of video game hardware. As of 2018, he resides in Brooklyn, New York City.

After purchasing and photographing video game consoles, Amos donates them to the New York University Game Center and the National Museum of Play, where he is allowed to access them at any time.

In 2013, Amos raised on Kickstarter to expand his hardware collection and build the Vanamo Online Game Museum, for online preservation of the history of video games. It is intended to include an extensive history of each console and its development.

On November 6, 2018, Amos released a book published by No Starch Press, titled The Game Console: A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox, showcasing video game console photos, their hardware, and some history. A second edition was published in 2021.

Selected works

Reception

Destructoid called Amos "gaming's most popular photographer". Popular Science called him "gaming's most famous photographer". Kotaku called The Game Console "an outstanding book for people who like looking at video game consoles".