4872 x 3648 px | 41,2 x 30,9 cm | 16,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
27 mai 2017
Informations supplémentaires:
. This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Austin Seven Motor Car JC1527. The image also relates to social history, changing streetscape, roadside transit, archival record, public realm, documentary photography, public transport information, historical comparison, local bus network, everyday life, bus infrastructure, transport accessibility, surface public transport, and bus route infrastructure. Current relevance extends to reliability and accessibility, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include local mobility, street-side transport, visual archive, changing land use, place identity, local character, local history, and contemporary social history. Details involving Austin, Seven, JC1527, and Motor make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The wider significance includes bus service funding and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the real-world context of the recorded location.
