Green Man statue at the Custard Factory,Gibb St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST

. Made at Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The image documents Green Man statue at the Custard Factory, Gibb St, Digbeth, Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST. Further facets of the subject include building-material production, period streetscape, historic context, local character, regional identity, urban fabric, architectural detailing, industrial material culture, industrial supply chain, period detail, everyday life, working-industry history, historical comparison, and engineering heritage. In the mid-2020s, construction materials and regional industry keep the subject current, particularly through the reuse or loss of former production sites. The subject remains useful for current coverage of embodied carbon and heritage conservation, not least because of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. From an archival perspective, the frame records small features of identity that written records may overlook at Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST. A second layer of the scene includes documentary photography, production works, period building, historic commercial architecture, traditional building materials, cityscape history, manufacturing heritage, and local history. The recorded references to Factory, Midlands, Custard, Birmingham, and Green preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.