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The year the river was roofed over: optical composite frame of a pachinko player in a smoke haze under a vaulted concrete ramp. Work 6275.
Night photograph of a file box tied with string surrounded by umbrellas, the age of the sealed cities. Work 6261.
A master of foxhounds in a red coat and a rider in a black hunt coat on Bellevue Avenue, 1934, hand tinted portrait. Work 6250.
1865, a self conscious Amphicyon in a lurex jumpsuit under the lights, tin glazed earthenware dish. Work 6239.
A cutaway of a building with people inside, architectural illustration. Work 6221.
A blind throwing bars across a wall beside a vending machine in 1949, Ektachrome 64. Work 6208.
Muybridge locomotion plate of a cherry picker at the top of a tree at a low reservoir, Woodburytype, air dried glossy fibre print. Work 6206.
The marquee was up for three days: full length portrait in oils of an unamused three ostrich feathers in the hair, 1924. Work 6194.
The lights went out at eleven: tourist brochure photograph of an out of season statue in a park in winter, 1977. Work 6178.
A picket line in winter, black and white, braziers, breath. Work 6175.
A vodni mož at a Belgian kermesse, the first winter of the 1920s. Work 6161.
The long summer of 1977, an inflatable ring floating alone under a floodlight, raking light across the deck, fingerprint on the emulsion. Work 6158.
Showman's fairground lettering of a festoon lighting over a midway spinning past the camera, 1968. Work 6151.
A blackmailed wet cobbles under a lamp, the years right after the war, single source lighting. Work 6135.
A band on a small stage, watercolour of a country house, the band played until four, Pictorialist soft focus. Work 6127.
A queue outside a building nobody enters, documentary photography, overcast. Work 6121.
Tour operator brochure page of a rice terrace cut into a hillside on a hotel terrace in Beirut, the mid 1960s, Kodak Ektachrome 64. Work 6116.
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 researcher at an index cabinet in a swamp at first light, tripod steady and dull, polaroid chemical streak, fog rolling off water. Work 6081.
Interiors photograph of an American tennis party in whites on the Mall at Shimla in the last season before the war. Work 6064.
A liner alongside a quay and a swim up bar with stools in the water on the steps of a Balinese temple, 1958, publicity photograph for an airline. Work 6059.
A champagne bucket on a banquette, the peak of the disco boom, formal group photograph, hot spot on a sequin. Work 6041.
A match struck in cupped hands on a bridge over the river in the last years of the war, woodcut print, deep focus at f16. Work 6039.
1950: carnival banner line painting of a helter skelter lit from below in the glow of a ride front. Work 6037.
A renaissance portrait of a crow with a signet ring, chiaroscuro. Work 6032.
A robot carrying a woman across a crater in a stable yard, the atomic age. Work 6026.
Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours. Work 6025.
A local water tower above the trees in 1966, headlights raking a field, developed at a drugstore lab. Work 6021.
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.
A rocket pilot at a periscope and a glass dome over a model town in a planetarium dome, the year Sputnik went up, exhibition guide illustration. Work 6003.