"The original PlayStation didn't just signal Sony's rise to prominence in the video game industry, in a time where Nintendo had a firm grip on home consoles with countless memorable titles to their name - it ushered in a new era of memories that were going to be shared with Sony's handsome machines for the next 30 years. Benedict Redgrove, a London based photographer, has always focused on long-term projects"
""For me, these are also deeply personal objects. I remember playing PlayStation in my brother's bedroom: the start-up sound, the flicker of the screen, the tiny green LED or the tray sliding out on the PS2 and gliding back with its cargo, ready to release its data," says Benedict. "It was a ritual, a kind of theatre. A slow reveal, a tease, the warm-up before the main event.""
A photographic project captures three decades of PlayStation hardware, including never-before-seen prototypes, controlled studies, mockups and consumer consoles. Over 400 large-format images present clean, clinical views that emphasize console architecture and engineering design. Contributions from engineers and designers such as Ken Kutaragi, Teiyu Goto and Yujin Morisawa provide technical and creative context. The imagery foregrounds tactile details — start-up sound memory, screen flicker, LEDs and disc tray movement — to evoke ritualized interactions and collective nostalgia. The collection frames videogame consoles as objects of design, engineering imagination and cultural memory across thirty years.
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