Raketa perpetual calendar watch, from the old CCCP / USSR, Russia - a product of the Moscow watch factory number one, on a Russian map

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2JC75TWFile size:
63.8 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4976 x 4480 px | 42.1 x 37.9 cm | 16.6 x 14.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
7 April 2022Location:
Moscow, RussiaMore information:
. Made at Moscow, Russia 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 location is represented through Raketa perpetual calendar watch, from the old CCCP / USSR, Russia - a product of the Moscow watch factory number one, on a Russian map. The setting additionally reflects historic frontage, labour history, public realm, traditional structure, production infrastructure, historic freight equipment, engineering history, manufacturing heritage, heritage landmark, industrial artefact, archival record, historical comparison, documentary photography, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by manufacturing decline, brownfield redevelopment and the continuing question of the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, redevelopment pressure and embodied carbon are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between conservation and redevelopment. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Moscow, Russia, details that may look very different after different community use. The subject also sits alongside period streetscape, industrial material culture, architectural character, regional identity, place identity, conservation architecture, period detail, and local landmark. References to factory, Moscow, Russian, product, and Russia give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Moscow, Russia helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is manufacturing decline and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of Moscow, Russia.