Hosepipe reel connected to a standpipe in garden, with leaking water

Hosepipe reel connected to a standpipe in garden, with leaking water Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

P6NC5M

File size:

49.3 MB (3.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3376 x 5104 px | 28.6 x 43.2 cm | 11.3 x 17 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

30 June 2018

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. A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Hosepipe reel connected to a standpipe in garden, with leaking water. The image also relates to regional identity, historical comparison, conservation architecture, community identity, built heritage, cityscape history, period architecture, local character, conservation interest, period detail, social history, documentary photography, changing land use, and contemporary social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, energy retrofit and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are adaptive reuse, before-and-after reference, heritage asset, period building, architectural character, archival record, historic townscape, and changing streetscape. References to connected, water, leaking, standpipe, and garden give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For historical comparison, P6NC5M fixes the appearance of Hosepipe reel connected to a standpipe in garden, with leaking water at one identifiable moment, even where the wider location information is limited. Its period value extends to heritage conservation and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the specific setting of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.