Graffiti Art Smithfield/Tithebarn St,Liverpool,England,UK

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
H4HMNGFile size:
50.2 MB (2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5184 x 3384 px | 43.9 x 28.7 cm | 17.3 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 October 2016Location:
Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UKMore information:
. An identifiable period record of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Graffiti Art Smithfield/Tithebarn St, Liverpool, England, UK. Further facets of the scene include public realm, period detail, visual archive, documentary photography, urban graphics, temporary artwork, street creativity, local history, street-level design, contemporary mural, visual street culture, social history, changing streetscape, and contemporary social history. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, temporary works and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with regional identity, urban artwork, public art, stencil art, mural culture, local character, place identity, and creative placemaking. The combination of Tithebarn, Smithfield, Graffiti, and Liverpool anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the real-world context of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is gentrification and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the specific setting of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.