CCCP 10Kon 1966 soldier army olive colour color hammer sickle USSR Soviet stamp

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
F15PCMFile size:
26.4 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3550 x 2601 px | 30.1 x 22 cm | 11.8 x 8.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 July 2015More information:
. Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through CCCP 10Kon 1966 soldier army olive colour color hammer sickle USSR Soviet stamp. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, postal graphic design, changing land use, documentary photography, collectable stamp, changing streetscape, postal artefact, community identity, social history, postal history, philatelic collecting, archival record, period detail, and postal ephemera. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commemoration, mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes local character, visual archive, contemporary social history, everyday life, local history, commemorative issue, philatelic material, and paper communication. Details involving colour, hammer, stamp, color, and 10Kon make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. In this frame, the recorded location turns the broader subject into a place-specific record. The wider significance includes commemoration and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is commemoration and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of the recorded location. It also preserves a trace of local identity as part of the recorded location's history. Image F15PCM also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.