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Back To The Arcade: LA-based photographer Franck Bohbot
LA-based photographer Franck Bohbot has captured people’s love for gaming in Back To The Arcade, a new series of photos which focuses on the beautiful, neon-lit aesthetics of entertainment machines through the ages.
With Bohbot’s mastery of color, and ability to frame a narrative in full display the shots were taken mainly during 2019, with a selection also snapped in 2021.
Inspired by cinema and games the photos tap into Franck’s life-long love of arcade machines and as well as giving him a chance to indulge in the design of these stunning gaming devices, Back To The Arcade also allowed Franck to focus on the act of playing and how people interact with places and interiors – all of which are common themes in his work.
“As a photographer, it’s interesting to create images of real things that also have a touch of the cinema or dream world. Arcades are a place you enjoy without being at home. They have always been a place of reunion”
When it comes to how he tracked down the machines, Franck reveals that he has driven all around LA, making a list of leads, asking people for advice, and hunting them down until he has a good shot. “Sometimes I talk with the arcade owners, who were all super kind to me,” he says. “I love the people in arcades because they are so passionate.”
