4032 x 3024 px | 34,1 x 25,6 cm | 13,4 x 10,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
28 avril 2018
Informations supplémentaires:
. An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Maplins Warrington Store Closing. The setting additionally reflects visual archive, local character, regional identity, town-centre economy, social history, retail property, community identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, street-level business, changing land use, commercial streetscape, historical comparison, customer footfall, and archival record. Current relevance extends to commercial rents and business rates, particularly through the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside public realm, before-and-after reference, local enterprise, local history, local trading, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, and commercial frontage. References to Closing, Store, and Maplins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Even without a fuller street location, image MGMJT9 preserves the period presentation of Maplins Warrington Store Closing, giving later viewers a fixed documentary point for comparison. The setting also helps illustrate commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
