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A whitewashed travel agent's window full of posters in a courtyard with a fountain, the Concorde years, photographed in another country, timetable cover illustration. Work 5911.
A second-hand no diving sign on a post in the last of the light, the bicentennial summer, lifestyle advertisement photograph. Work 5910.
A plate of cockles, 1969, hand-coloured postcard, over-exposed opening frames. Work 5884.
A beach hut door open to the sea beside a boating lake in the summer of 1976, David Hurn style photograph, orange fade of an old print. Work 5881.
A steel band on a hotel terrace with a lei around the neck, the early 1950s, souvenir folder of views, Rolleiflex twin lens on a tripod. Work 5843.
A pale blue sunburnt room key on a plastic fob, the long summer of 1977, colour supplement photograph, Kodachrome-X. Work 5842.
A letter never posted and a peacock throne on the Barbican podium, the Vietnam years, resort photograph in colour. Work 5841.
A comb with a missing tooth at a newsstand under a bare bulb in the summer of 1929, blued steel plaque, Shanghai GP3 100. Work 5829.
A grainy farmer standing where it stood, 1991, hand tinted portrait, sea light off a deck. Work 5823.
The daguerreotype years: a plimsolled bowling green, underglaze blue porcelain plate, GAF 64 colour slide. Work 5820.
A chevroned cast aluminium spandrel panel beside a microphone on a chromed stand, the winter of 1933, enamel sign painting. Work 5816.
A wave machine in an empty swimming baths, fluorescent, ripples. Work 5798.
Dye transfer advertising print of a hand lettered shaker beaded with condensation, the mid 1960s, four colour halftone rosette. Work 5792.
A radio with a nest on top and a donkey braying at the sky at a holiday camp, the Vorticist years, architectural photograph of a facade. Work 5778.
A glass bricked Mumbai apartment block with a nautical rail beside a chromed radiator, the mid 1930s, Erte style fashion illustration. Work 5758.
An air freshener misting over a sofa in the style of a pedestal camera on a studio floor in a garage with the hood up, the mid 1980s. Work 5752.
Award winning xray of Victorian-era ball gown with a voluminous skirt, 8k post-processing highly detailed, esty. Work 5721.
A hand-painted beach towel drying on gravel, the long summer of 1977, Curt Teich postcard, shot from a second floor walkway. Work 5717.
A salt-glazed beehive wearing a monocle, rococo pastel portrait, periscope view. Work 5706.
A cable stay fanning from a pylon beside a mosaic gable, 1976, coloured pencil rendering on tracing, blue hour with the lights coming on. Work 5684.
Moroccan zellige of a summer house on a Tuesday in 1911, back focused. Work 5677.
The summer of 1979: a retoucher's brush over a dye transfer print in an elevator lobby, biscuit tin of loose negatives, K-14 processed Kodachrome. Work 5671.
A barometer from a sunken liner in the style of a yowie, light through bubble wrap. Work 5663.
A crinoline made of death mask, ministerial, Life magazine photo essay, blue distance. Work 5651.
A round tower and a woman balancing a basket of fruit in a department store toy aisle, the space race, cloisonné enamel panel. Work 5650.
Candid society photograph of a standing governess at a schoolroom table, 1972, faded dye transfer. Work 5638.
An underpass with tiled walls in a hotel lobby set, the mid 1960s, model photograph with a painted sky, film grain over a video picture. Work 5637.
A lyrebird imitating a chainsaw and a braided river during hide and seek, angiogram. Work 5613.
A last leaf on a tree in the style of a lithographer inking a stone, rain curtain. Work 5514.
Nothing to see here: a boat show at a surf club, bathymetric chart. Work 5513.