SaveOurSilverstone Flag, F1 Circuit July 2017

. A grounded documentary photograph made at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL in 2017, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is SaveOurSilverstone Flag, F1 Circuit July 2017. The wider scene also brings together period detail, public expression of identity, archival record, everyday life, civic identity, national flag display, community identity, social history, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, local history, national emblem, patriotic symbolism, and documentary photography. The modern context includes continuing discussion of community cohesion, public display and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL before replacement signage alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include St George's Cross, place identity, visual archive, changing streetscape, street-level symbolism, national symbolism, changing land use, and flag culture. The recorded references to Circuit and SaveOurSilverstone preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for community cohesion and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space in a form that can be compared with future views of Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.