Woman having hair coloured, outside hair salon, Perth, Scotland, UK

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
PGH9K8File size:
19.7 MB (731.3 KB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
2750 x 2498 px | 23.3 x 21.1 cm | 9.2 x 8.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 August 2018Location:
281 High St, Perth PH1 5QN, UKMore information:
. A close documentary record sets out the working environment around 281 High St, Perth PH1 5QN, UK, in documentary coverage dating from 2018. The supplied image information identifies Woman having hair coloured, outside hair salon, Perth, Scotland, UK. The scene also brings together everyday Britain, documentary photography, documentary record, changing Britain, place and memory, place-based history, everyday infrastructure, contemporary social history, local identity, modern history, community environment, and social landscape. In the mid-2020s, social history is increasingly discussed through new technology and altered public space, with attention turning to a clearer record of local change. The photograph fixes 281 High St, Perth PH1 5QN, UK at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed. The view also records themes involving local character, social context, regional identity, cultural landscape, community life, urban and rural change. Associated details include lady, beauty salon, hairdressers, having hair colored, colouring treatment in hair, Colouring treatment. The location further reflects visual record, and public realm. Current debate around social history often combines business turnover, new technology and the practical challenge of a clearer record of local change. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of neighbourhood identity, architecture and streetscape, public access, ownership or occupation, and transport patterns without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. For future comparison, the scene preserves local business activity, the condition of buildings, regional identity, patterns of everyday use, and public-realm details in a form that can be compared with later photographs. The view of 281 High St, Perth PH1 5QN, UK also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.