The collection · DiffusionLab

A pedestrian under a paper umbrella, video still from a security feed, no refunds after the lift closes, long exposure on a wet street. Work 5921.

A shadowed neon sign in three scripts in the year the river was roofed over, shot through a steamed window, long shadow into the foreground. Work 5920.

Studio portrait with a painted backdrop of a parlourmaid at the edge of frame plugged into a megastructure core, the season of 1958, flat even overcast light. Work 5919.

Crewelwork of a Neoclassical bank in the glare off the water, bounced flash in a hotel lobby, sun directly overhead. Work 5918.

Flat spot colour printing of a robot handing over a ray gun and a starburst sign over a car wash, 1939, cathode ray glow on a face. Work 5917.

A glass of whisky on a case file under a corrugated awning, forty years from now, airbrushed poster art, practical lamps in frame. Work 5916.

An official behind a glass screen and a factory gate at shift change, linocut print, deep focus stopped down. Work 5915.

A butcher window hung with ducks in the shadow of a ziggurat in the winter of the second quarantine, colour film still with heavy grain, underexposed by one stop. Work 5914.

A stoical sand-covered sanatorium terrace above the sea, the school holidays, amateur cine club film frame, sea spray on the lens. Work 5913.

A space frame roof over a hall and an airport terminal with a curved shell, diazo print, low winter sun raking a facade. Work 5912.

A whitewashed travel agent's window full of posters in a courtyard with a fountain, the Concorde years, photographed in another country, timetable cover illustration. Work 5911.

A second-hand no diving sign on a post in the last of the light, the bicentennial summer, lifestyle advertisement photograph. Work 5910.

A foam spread across a pane of glass and a station break slide with the call letters in a sound stage with the doors shut, the late 1960s, super laid over a still. Work 5909.

A world's fair pavilion with a pylon, the late 1940s, Populuxe brochure illustration, 35mm with a slight grain. Work 5908.

A barber leaning in his own doorway at a country club bar, ask the man who smokes them. Work 5907.

A thrifty revolving bookcase in an exhibit hall, the turn of the 1990s, wanted notice photograph. Work 5906.

A botanical plate of an invented flower, hand coloured engraving, 1840. Work 5905.

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

1970, a bandstand with nobody in it at Weston-super-Mare, Agfacolor negative, grain heavy in the shadows. Work 5903.

A stamped line of stones laid across a moor, 1975, exhibition view, blueprint process. Work 5902.

This was the last one: testimonial advertisement of a poreless red and white ring buoy, the warning label years. Work 5901.

A radio mast guyed with cable inside a rolling wall of dust, a hundred summers from now. Work 5900.

Architectural record photograph of a coffered glass curtain wall reflecting cloud at the foot of a stair tower in the year before demolition. Work 5899.

Large format survey photograph of a northern bald ibis on wet sand at low tide, Adox Silvermax 100, scratched negative printed as found. Work 5898.

Axonometric projection in line of a ribbed box girder bridge deck, the reconstruction years, Velvia saturated transparency. Work 5897.

Orthographic design study of a clerk behind frosted glass behind a steel mesh window, the years after the power rationing, halation around every light. Work 5896.

A figure walking away down a road in a fishing village in 1967, practical lamp in frame. Work 5895.

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

A photograph curling in a tray photographed as a traffic signal swinging on a wire, low-light photograph, bloom around a bright sign. Work 5893.

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