The collection · DiffusionLab

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 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.

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.

Woodcut print of a key in a hotel pigeonhole at a coroner table, Bausch and Lomb Baltar lens, streets wet for the reflections. Work 6129.

A samovar on a hotel table reflected in a hotel pool, the package tour years, poster for a shipping line, backlit palm fronds. Work 6128.

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.

The year of the Paris exposition: industrial catalogue illustration of a mannequin in a chrome framed window in an architect's office. Work 6097.

A motionless note left on a kitchen table on a Baltic shore, 1972, tableau composition. Work 6091.

A ledger of names and dates in a loft on West Broadway, the invigilator sat here all day. Work 6085.

The early 1920s, a titled croquet hoop on a lawn at the end of the table, estate record photograph. Work 6083.

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.

Bechers style typology of a law courts with a heavy cornice on a cleared site, infrared rendering foliage white, silver gelatin print on fibre paper. Work 6062.

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

A barrel vault in concrete and a top lit reading room, black and white architectural study, Kodachrome 25 transparency. Work 6029.

Fluxus printed multiple of an artist's book on a table and a black and white print on a white wall, 1984, taped to the wall with masking tape. Work 6028.

Back in ten minutes: a CB radio in the winter of 1947, ROSTA window poster, newsprint halftone. Work 6016.

A matchbook struck open to its printed cover, window streamer for a tobacconist, colour proof only not for press, acrylic ice cubes lit from below. Work 6011.

A safe standing open across a room from an open door, ask for me at the desk. Work 5996.

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

Hunt group photograph of a cigarette case open on a table in a supper room, 1934, Kodachrome saturation. Work 5987.

Square format snapshot of a bottle of Coppertone with the paint coming off, 1974. Work 5981.

Enamelled metal panel of a raked travel agency window with a ship model in a hotel lobby lined with marble in the boom years. Work 5956.

Letterpress halftone of a gittern at Infinity, Perceptol fine grain, grey sky with no shadow. Work 5955.

Typed sheet on headed paper of a neon sentence on a wall, vertical aerial frame, Polaroid taken as a record. Work 5938.

A swirly carpeted hojicha, the Titanic year, Ektachrome on the E-4 process. Work 5936.

A pool seen through a chain-link diamond in the style of a pack of filter cigarettes standing upright in a penthouse at cocktail hour, 1969. Work 5928.

A beaded photographer with a flash gun in a booth full of records, the summer of 1979, Warhol style silkscreen portrait. Work 5894.

A plate of cockles, 1969, hand-coloured postcard, over-exposed opening frames. Work 5884.