5388 x 3648 px | 45,6 x 30,9 cm | 18 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
30 septembre 2022
Informations supplémentaires:
. Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Data security, spelled out in Scrabble letters, on the dictionary definition of security. A broader reading of the photograph includes customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, independent retail, before-and-after reference, visual archive, changing land use, historical comparison, small business, archival record, retail property, specialist shop, shopfront economy, and town-centre trading. The modern context includes continuing discussion of consumer spending, business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Small period details of equipment and working practice at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside social history, local character, specialist retailer, street-level business, documentary photography, contemporary social history, place identity, and community identity. References to definition, Scrabble, security, spelled, and dictionary give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets when considered against later change at the recorded location. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for future local research. The record includes a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
