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Apartment blocks and open spaces in Hostomel
In Hostomel, the large distances between individual apartment blocks are noticeable. Differently bright and partly damaged areas are visible on the houses. A factual description of the image can indicate its location and the image section without drawing conclusions about the condition of all the apartments from a roof or a facade.
Classify the documented excerpt
For a representation of Hostomel, the view of the open spaces between the apartment blocks is important. They organize several groups of houses spatially. A closer section with visible building damage needs this overview as a reference so that the part and the whole can still be distinguished.
With documentary images, the work begins with the exact name of the excerpt. An overview shows the arrangement of visible buildings or objects. A detail makes individual surfaces recognizable, but at the same time takes away part of their surroundings. Pairs of images are therefore particularly suitable for classification. They allow you to go from the larger scene to a detail and then find your way back again. Information about the time and place of creation should come from the documentation. Visible color or damage alone does not allow reliable dating.
Residential building in documented condition
The five aerial photos of Hostomel show a limited section of the place. If the caption begins with the entire city, even though only a few houses are visible, it can give the wrong impression about the scope of the documentation. Closer to the material, there is a wording that speaks of the houses depicted. It can be described that the visible features accumulate on one side of a building. This perspective provides little information about the back, the interior or the condition of neighboring streets.
If you want to publish two views, you can look for a prominent building corner or a recurring route. Only when the reference is clear can it be said whether the images show different sides of the same house. Seasonal differences in vegetation can also change the impression of an open area. An open space between the houses is initially exactly that. Why it is vacant or what use it was previously required requires additional information.
Courtyards and entrances
In a courtyard, the relationships between buildings change. What appears from the outside to be a single long building can actually wrap around several open areas. In a steep aerial view, the passageways, the corners and the orientation of the adjacent roofs become understandable. For a caption, a specific reference to the visible side of the courtyard is often more helpful than a list of all the buildings. This means the viewer can recognize the spatial connection themselves and find it again in other images.
What becomes visible on the edge of town
On the edge of town, several scales come together in a small section. On one side there are individual buildings with gardens and driveways. On the other hand, a single open area sometimes takes up as much space as several streets. This change can be shown in the picture over a common edge. A section in which the border between the two areas remains visible even when displayed narrowly is suitable for a website. The motif then retains its local reference even in the mobile view.
Record the place name and time of creation
For later editorial use, it is worth keeping the image selection together with the original location name. If possible, information about the date of recording should be attached to the individual image. The date of publication or later retrieval from the archive may differ. The aerial photographer and an editorial team can understand, even years later, which shooting situation a sentence in the accompanying text refers to. For a comparison with today's Hostomel, another chronological source would be necessary.
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