Golden Gates Sankey St Warrington after Manchester Bombing 2017

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
MGMJN2File size:
54.9 MB (3.1 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3648 x 5264 px | 30.9 x 44.6 cm | 12.2 x 17.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
31 May 2017More information:
. An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2017, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Golden Gates Sankey St Warrington after Manchester Bombing 2017. A broader reading of the photograph includes community resilience, urban resilience, social history, before-and-after reference, post-attack city, community identity, documentary photography, security-conscious public realm, archival record, public-space protection, memorial context, historical comparison, city-centre security, and terrorism aftermath. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into urban recovery and counter-terrorism, not least because of the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places. Small period details of building condition and alterations at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects terror attack aftermath, public security, counter-terrorism awareness, everyday life, visual archive, local history, civic response, and local character. References to Bombing, Golden, Manchester, after, and Sankey give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is urban recovery and how cities recover physically and emotionally after terrorist attacks within the specific setting of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate event security and the role of public landmarks in collective memory after traumatic events as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.