5400 x 3084 px | 45,7 x 26,1 cm | 18 x 10,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
14 luglio 2022
Altre informazioni:
. 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 defining feature is Deer at Dunham Massey NT hall & gardens, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Further facets of the scene include local history, interactive public realm, everyday life, period detail, regional identity, local character, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, visual archive, seasonal outdoor activity, changing land use, open-air leisure, and informal play space. The modern context includes continuing discussion of inclusive design, family access and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after new ownership. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, summer city life, documentary photography, pedestrian square, archival record, urban gathering place, urban leisure, and city-centre public space. The combination of Dunham, Massey, Altrincham, and gardens anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of inclusive design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is city-centre footfall and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location.
