4176 x 3564 px | 35,4 x 30,2 cm | 13,9 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 febbraio 2023
Ubicazione:
Grangetown , Cardiff, South Wales, UK
Altre informazioni:
. Recorded at Grangetown , Cardiff, South Wales, UK in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Window display advertisement, JR Freeman & son Ltd Manikin Cigars, from 1960s tobacco shop. The broader subject matter reaches into documentary photography, commercial signage, changing land use, place identity, licensed tobacco sales, advertising ephemera, mid-century tobacco trade, historic tobacco marketing, street-level marketing, retail graphics, promotional board, archival record, local character, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of retail history, smoking decline and the value of old tobacco signs as records of changing consumer culture. For current editorial use, heritage and commercial competition provide additional context, especially through the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. Small period details of local activity and public use at Grangetown , Cardiff, South Wales, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. Further associations within the scene are period advertising, contemporary social history, brand communication, community identity, public realm, cigarette retail, smoking ephemera, and social history. The recorded references to Manikin, Window, advertisement, tobacco, and Freeman preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Grangetown , Cardiff, South Wales, UK, 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 retail history and how tobacco moved from everyday retail normality to heavy regulation in a form that can be compared with future views of Grangetown , Cardiff, South Wales, UK.
