3677 x 4044 px | 31,1 x 34,2 cm | 12,3 x 13,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
26 juillet 2015
Lieu:
Italy
Informations supplémentaires:
. A dated documentary view of Italy in 2015, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The principal point of reference is Italian stamp, poste Italia used and franked stamp, castles of Italy, Italia 1000Lire Castello Di Montagnana G.Verdelocco inc. The photograph also reflects historic commercial architecture, archival record, social history, local history, period building, contemporary social history, heritage landmark, visual archive, community identity, urban fabric, regional identity, public realm, traditional masonry, and conservation interest. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about maintenance costs, historic townscape and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within Italy. The setting also brings in place identity, historic frontage, everyday life, built heritage, documentary photography, heritage asset, changing land use, and period streetscape. The combination of Italy, 1000Lire, Verdelocco, franked, and castles anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Italy, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of maintenance costs and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Italy. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character when considered against later change at Italy. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Italy. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
