Paul Curtis murals of Ken Dodd Liverpool entertainer, including Happiness, on the Royal Court Theatre, Roe street, Liverpool ,L1 1HL

Paul Curtis murals of Ken Dodd Liverpool entertainer, including Happiness, on the Royal Court Theatre, Roe street, Liverpool ,L1 1HL Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JDDR2P

File size:

57.1 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

11 June 2022

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. An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Paul Curtis murals of Ken Dodd Liverpool entertainer, including Happiness, on the Royal Court Theatre, Roe street, Liverpool , L1 1HL. The wider scene also brings together historical comparison, everyday life, local history, community life, street-level documentary, visual archive, city-centre activity, public realm, local identity, contemporary city life, pedestrian environment, urban social history, regional identity, and social history. The wider contemporary story combines community use, transport and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The image fixes equipment and working practice within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, townscape record, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, social landscape, community identity, urban change, and place identity. References to Theatre, including, Royal, entertainer, and Liverpool give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is community use and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The scene further reflects public-realm change and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Its period value extends to footfall and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places within the real-world context of the recorded location.