Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR Rostock-Warnemunde 80 Stamp

. Made at the recorded location in 2015, 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 Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR Rostock-Warnemunde 80 Stamp. The frame also records themes of community identity, historical comparison, changing land use, philatelic collecting, changing streetscape, postal ephemera, commemorative issue, local character, stamp design, archival record, before-and-after reference, social history, philatelic material, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines graphic design, collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside collectable stamp, everyday life, paper communication, postal history, postal graphic design, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and visual archive. Elements such as Stamp, Deutsche, Demokratische, Republik, and Rostock-Warnemunde add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The setting at the recorded location adds a precise local dimension to the wider subject. The wider significance includes graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location. Image F15PR3 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.