5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 gennaio 2019
Ubicazione:
Newton St, Manchester, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
. A contemporary documentary view sets out the visible identity of Newton St, Manchester, England, UK, in a photograph originating in 2019. Within that setting the photograph concentrates on Two old people kissing, art work, Newton St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1, England, UK. The location also connects regional identity, place and memory, cultural landscape, modern history, urban and rural change, social context, visual record, contemporary social history, local character, public realm, everyday infrastructure, and documentary photography. Current debate around community change often combines changing use, new technology and the practical challenge of before-and-after study. The photograph fixes Newton St, Manchester, England, UK at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves social landscape, community environment, place-based history, community life, local identity, changing Britain. Associated details include NQ4, NorthernQuarter, Newton Street, pensioners kissing, elderly couple, Everlasting Love. The same setting also brings together documentary record, and everyday Britain. The wider contemporary story of everyday local life now includes altered public space alongside new technology, while policy and investment increasingly consider future historical research. The combination preserved here provides evidence of movement through the area, historic fabric, everyday services, planning and redevelopment, and social change at this precise location. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, architecture and streetscape, ownership or occupation, and public access within the surrounding area. The view of Newton St, Manchester, England, UK also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
