Street art in Brixton London, England, UK - One Love street girl with balloon

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
HK3MPAFile size:
54.4 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3648 x 5208 px | 30.9 x 44.1 cm | 12.2 x 17.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
25 January 2017Location:
Bellefields Road, Brixton,South London, England, UKMore information:
. An on-location photograph from Bellefields Road, Brixton, South London, England, UK in 2017, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Street art in Brixton London, England, UK - One Love street girl with balloon. The wider scene also brings together changing streetscape, street creativity, public art, community identity, visual street culture, roadside transit, urban artwork, public-realm art, passenger transport, local history, roadside stop, contemporary mural, regional identity, and contemporary social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local identity, temporary works and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. The modern context includes continuing discussion of passenger information, bus service funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The image fixes public access and movement within Bellefields Road, Brixton, South London, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The location also brings in street-side transport, historical comparison, community art, stencil art, local bus network, graffiti heritage, urban graphics, and place identity. Elements such as balloon, London, and Brixton add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Bellefields Road, Brixton, South London, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the specific setting of Bellefields Road, Brixton, South London, England, UK. It also preserves details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.