UK Government, This is a vital update from the,Government about Coronavirus,letter,From Boris Johnson,Prime Minister, Cheshire,England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2BEYA4CFile size:
86.1 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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6720 x 4480 px | 56.9 x 37.9 cm | 22.4 x 14.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 April 2020More information:
. Photographed at the recorded location, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The principal subject is UK Government, This is a vital update from the, Government about Coronavirus, letter, From Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph also carries associations with built environment, postal history, postal design, changing streetscape, archival record, used postage stamp, contemporary history, public realm, place identity, collectable stamp, paper communication, postal artefact, regional identity, and social landscape. For contemporary context, digital communication and collecting are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes how stamps and postmarks can date everyday communication. Small period details of public access and movement at the recorded location may become more significant with time, especially following changed technology. The setting also brings in postal ephemera, everyday Britain, documentary photography, social history, historical comparison, printed correspondence, historic post, and visual archive. The recorded references to Minister, letter, Boris, about, and Coronavirus preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene retains a connection with digital communication and how stamps and postmarks can date everyday communication as part of the longer story of the recorded location. That also gives the frame relevance to mail history and how stamps and postmarks can date everyday communication when considered against later change at the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.