Edinburgh Festival Fringe Act, Scotland, UK, EH1 1QS
Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
D8HW82File size:
28.5 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3648 x 2735 px | 30.9 x 23.2 cm | 12.2 x 9.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
11 August 2012Location:
High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QSMore information:
. A grounded documentary photograph made at High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS in 2012, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Edinburgh Festival Fringe Act, Scotland, UK, EH1 1QS. A broader reading of the photograph includes documentary photography, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, local character, historical comparison, street-level business, visual archive, town-centre trading, local history, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, place identity, and regional identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial rents, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. As a dated visual record of High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside local enterprise, specialist retailer, period detail, changing streetscape, social history, contemporary social history, specialist shop, and archival record. The recorded references to Festival, Fringe, and Edinburgh preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets when considered against later change at High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison within the wider story of High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS.
