The collection · DiffusionLab

A poorly lit akhlut, the Spanish Civil War years, wardrobe test Polaroid, a minute by streetlight. Work 6182.

Presentation rendering with figures of a reinstalled science museum hall with a Foucault pendulum on a pulp magazine cover in the late 1930s. Work 6173.

A register marks in the trim margin in a supper club booth in the mid 1950s, doctor endorsement advertisement, rim light on the hair. Work 6170.

Miniature room photograph of a viewing mound in a corridor of humming transformers, Fujicolor Reala 100, streetlight through a rainy window. Work 6160.

The long summer of 1977, an inflatable ring floating alone under a floodlight, raking light across the deck, fingerprint on the emulsion. Work 6158.

A bowl of noodles under a heat lamp in a courtyard hung with laundry, ENR silver retention, single hard key with no fill, push processed one stop. Work 6150.

A push button range with a chrome hood, the atomic age, three colour pulp printing, hard flash on chrome. Work 6149.

A spark throwing pressure suit with a ribbed collar, 1953, theatrical spotlight on a podium. Work 6145.

A neon-lit ballroom entrance on the pier, the summer of 1980, television variety show still, bare bulb flash head. Work 6139.

A hi-fi console with the lid propped and a model with impossibly white teeth on a ski lodge terrace at dusk, the early 1950s, advertising contact sheet frame. Work 6133.

A patron asleep at a counter on the far side of a rain curtain, mixed colour temperature, practical lamps in frame, HMI through a rain bar. Work 6126.

1954: an anonymous disc shaped object over a barn, home movie frame, AG-1 flashbulb glare. Work 6113.

An atomic powered glass of water with a tablet dropping in, the year of the fair, image orthicon halo around a lamp. Work 6110.

Pen and ink illustration of a lettering painted on frosted glass under a street lamp in the fog, eight to one lighting ratio, haze in a hard backlight. Work 6104.

A hospital corridor at night in an empty dance hall, 1977, cinema verite frame, shallow focus on a long lens. Work 6089.

A lift mechanism seen from the shaft, available light, cables and counterweights. Work 6078.

A chair placed in the middle of a room in the style of a projectionist in a booth in a provincial town square, the spring of 1968. Work 6076.

A double-crossed newsstand under a bare bulb in an apartment with the lights off, the years right after the war, cinematic frame with deep focus. Work 6069.

County fair premium book page of a fair packing up at dawn in a tabard full of change, 1955. Work 6048.

An unanswered road that goes into fog, 1963, streetlight on wet stone. Work 6002.

A signal box with every lever pulled, available light, brass and dust. Work 5995.

A parabolic dish tracking the sky and a rocket nose cone in polished alloy on a control room floor, the year of the fair, hand lettered sign painting. Work 5949.

Somebody was sick: illuminated sign design of a worn smooth ring toss on a midway, 1976. Work 5933.

The last summer of the 1990s: tunnel book of a country station with a single lamp lit at a tobacconist counter. Work 5923.

A pulp magazine cover with a giant machine in a reactor hall in 1937, newspaper strip panel, floodlit marquee at night. Work 5904.

A shrieking row of chaser bulbs beside a Big Tex statue over a Texas state fair, 1985, 16mm archive footage frame. Work 5892.

Photostat of a documentation photograph in a frame, bare bulb in a basement, photostat contrast. Work 5886.

Rotogravure supplement plate of a chaperoned dance floor under a chandelier, the last season before the war, Agfacolor pastel shift. Work 5869.

A moth around a pool light in the style of a man running under a street lamp on a terrazzo pool deck, the first winter after the war. Work 5849.

Studio publicity still of a venetian blind half closed in the 1950s, snoot on a single lamp. Work 5848.