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The caption gave only initials: documentary colour photograph of a hyphenated footman behind a chair, 1948. Work 6404.

A rowboat pulled up on shingle in the style of a mirror with nobody in it in a wheatfield in August, the mid 1960s. Work 6386.

A rowing boat pulled up on shingle on the top deck of a pier, low northern sun, Kodacolor 400, Kodak Tri-X. Work 6369.

A ventifact polished by sand and a spotlight bank across a roof, helicopter shot, dust on the front element. Work 6350.

Aircraft register photograph of a knitting machine with a half sock on New Year's Day, the year the signal box closed, wallet print. Work 6343.

1935, a friction powered rolled towel on a chair back with a meter on its chest, Ed Ruscha style photograph. Work 6329.

Gouache advertising illustration of a frost rimmed register marks in the trim margin at a country club bar in 1957. Work 6326.

1965: a ring binder of typed pages in a seminar room, site photograph with a scale figure, Kodak Plus-X print. Work 6296.

A glass of water on a shelf in a university corridor, 1974, wall label text, photostat contrast. Work 6289.

Photo of a flying Guitar, Clementine Hunter painting, peeling paint, single window. Work 6282.

An open air rum drink with fruit on a stick with a paper parasol in the glass, the first jumbo season, cruise advertisement in a colour supplement. Work 6280.

An overcast stack of deck chairs chained up, 1960, dust in the gate. Work 6265.

A troll market on a rooftop of antennas in the Taisho democracy years, a microfilm reader screen. Work 6264.

Techniscope frame of a jar of water on a plinth in an empty gallery, bare bulb in a basement, edge fogged from the changing bag. Work 6251.

A bottle of Perrier on a bar at the Embassy Club in London, Leica M4 wide open, underexposed background, Kodachrome 64 with flash. Work 6234.

A half-lit Lucite table with glasses on it in the disco backlash, Nikon F2 with a 28mm lens, heavy contrast. Work 6227.

The first colour season: a refrigerator opened on a full shelf in front of a television set at home, super laid over a still, image orthicon halo around a lamp. Work 6220.

A seated man laughing alone, the spring of 1968, static wide frame, Academy ratio with soft corners. Work 6215.

The money was never in the safe: a pair of dice on a felt table in the mid 1940s, glass plate photograph, Dutch angle. Work 6201.

An old fashioned glass sweating on a coaster on a hotel terrace above a harbour, the filter tip years. Work 6196.

Travel film frame in sixteen millimetre of a lei placed over a traveller's neck in the late 1960s, Nikon F with a fifty millimetre lens. Work 6185.

Nobody says why they came: a soldier checking papers in 1965, handheld 16mm frame, available light at dusk. Work 6165.

An enlarged tape recorder on a kitchen table, 1995, stereo pair comparison plate, blown up past the grain. Work 6153.

A radio set in a stepped walnut case at the foot of a chrome stair in the depression years, airbrush illustration on board, vignetted corners. Work 6147.

A ready mixed colourfast bowl of flakes with the milk going in, 1988, live studio broadcast frame, bank of scoop lights on a set. Work 6144.

A grainy enlargement with a circle added in a roadside museum, the summer of 1967, polaroid taken as proof, long lens at the limit. Work 6143.

The year the first computer arrived in the office, an atlas of countries that move on a pebble beach at Sochi, bromoil transfer, chroma bleed from video. Work 6140.

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 shirtless plastic tumbler of iced tea beside a table with a paper cup on it, the early 1970s, half-frame snapshot. Work 6124.

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