3672 x 3648 px | 31,1 x 30,9 cm | 12,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
8 juillet 2018
Informations supplémentaires:
. This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through The Great British Fudge Company red bus sweet shop, Silverstone, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together period detail, public transport information, commercial frontage, commercial streetscape, high-street commerce, archival record, historical comparison, bus route infrastructure, contemporary social history, visual archive, public realm, transport accessibility, changing streetscape, and place identity. Current relevance extends to integrated transport and decarbonisation, particularly through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and online shopping, not least because of the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around the recorded location before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes shopfront economy, street-level business, local history, local trading, local enterprise, specialist retailer, documentary photography, and street-side transport. References to Silverstone, Company, Fudge, British, and sweet give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The frame retains period character as a date-specific reference. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison.
