The collection · DiffusionLab

A dry lake bed in white glare at the foot of a rusted water tower, 16mm blow-up frame, bounce off a salt pan. Work 6294.

A scavenged haboob rolling over the horizon out where the salt meets the sky, the years after the water ran out, the wind takes everything eventually, cross-processed photograph. Work 6279.

An anchor dropped into the sky at Whitley Bay, dodged and burned print, Kodak Instant PR10, flash falloff into black. Work 6257.

The year Sputnik went up, a planetarium dome at showtime inside a domed city, lit from below like a stage, overexposed sky behind a fin. Work 6252.

A placemat against a seafront railing, submersible floodlight photograph, light struck frame. Work 6233.

A night shift museum of curiosities, the Ptolemaic years, Adox NC 17 colour negative. Work 6225.

The road ends here: a windsock on a bent mast in the last decade before the collapse, exploded view diagram, long exposure over a night pan. Work 6224.

Telephoto photograph of an engine with zoomie headers and a mag wheel packed with white dust, a hundred summers from now, polarising filter on a deep sky. Work 6192.

A pier in low cloud behind a windbreak, 1972, 8mm home movie still, glare off wet sand. Work 6184.

A rocket with a checkerboard tail made of flying saucer on landing legs at a periscope, the late 1930s, Technicolor three strip. Work 6183.

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 sky full of starlings over a pier, black and white, motion blur. Work 6080.

Hotel promotional folder of a tiki mug shaped as a moai in the long summer of 1977, heavy ink coverage on a blue sky. Work 6023.

A curtain wall of anodised aluminium behind a brise soleil, the plan was for six of these. Work 6017.

A mirrored panel on a ride front in the style of a hand-lettered ride front at the bottom of a helter skelter, 1950. Work 6010.

Calcomp plotter output of a magenta cast observatory on Ocean Drive in the closing years of the 1950s. Work 6007.

The Korean War years: hard ground etching of a turf house beside a cooling tower. Work 5972.

A painted rounding board with the panels off, 1952, Daniel Meadows style photograph, long exposure at night. Work 5969.

The post war years: a bush hammered precast concrete panel joint, perspective rendering in ink and wash, polarising filter darkening the sky. Work 5965.

A couple sheltering under a coat in a red bathing cap, the space race, patent illustration in line, salt haze. Work 5935.

A dust devil crossing a field, telephoto, heat haze. Work 5930.

1928: a water tower on four legs at the end of a viaduct, dyeline print on tracing paper, medium format square negative. Work 5839.

A teepee unit at a Wigwam Motel, amateur colour slide, it was hotter than it looks, Newton rings from a glass mount. Work 5828.

A chimney with a lightning strap on Capri in the morning, the estate is let for shooting. Work 5826.

Intourist style travel poster of a brochure page of a hotel swimming pool with a steel band playing off frame, 1966. Work 5811.

Blind embossed print of a relativistic jet, Agfapan 100, Rolleiflex on a tripod. Work 5777.

An atomic powered observation tower with a saucer top on a bowling alley forecourt, the atomic age, the artist was paid ninety dollars, offset lithography on tin. Work 5769.

A cinematic photo of a skyscraper in a desert, kodachrome, cold light. Work 5749.

A movie poster for a film about a flood, painted illustration, rising water. Work 5744.

A brewery vat twice as tall as it should be in a favela, the odd one out, photomontage, battleship grey. Work 5737.