Japanese Entertainer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Act, Scotland, UK, EH1 1QS

. A grounded documentary photograph made at High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS in 2012, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Japanese Entertainer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Act, Scotland, UK, EH1 1QS. The frame also records themes of changing streetscape, local history, period detail, small business, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, archival record, public realm, changing land use, specialist shop, social history, visual archive, retail property, and shopfront economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by store closures, business rates and the continuing question of the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of building condition and alterations at High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include before-and-after reference, documentary photography, place identity, customer footfall, regional identity, independent retail, bricks-and-mortar retail, and specialist retailer. The recorded references to Festival, Fringe, Japanese, Edinburgh, and Entertainer preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.