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Colin Williamson event photograph collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2025-016

Content Description

A collection of roughly 700 photographs taken by game journalist Colin Williamson in Japan from 1995–2005. The subjects include include trade shows, interviews with developers, and general photographs from game stores and arcades around Japan. These photographs were used by various magazines and websites that Williamson contributed to. Williamson also included notes explaining the context for various photographs.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

These images were sent to the Video Game History Foundation by Colin Williamson in January 2025.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Use Restrictions

Colin Williamson, the owner of the intellectual property for these photographs, has given the Video Game History Foundation permission to allow researchers to reproduce the material in this collection for research and educational purposes, including publication, with attribution to the Colin Williamson and the Video Game History Foundation.

Dates

  • Creation: 1995–2005

Creator

Full Extent

2.45 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

Japanese

Inventory

696 digital photos and 14 text files.