The collection · DiffusionLab

A granite-faced wheel rut cut a hand deep into stone, the time when the figures had faces, frontal record of a colossal gateway, halation glowing at the gate opening. Work 8967.

A wind-raked rock-cut gallery running the length of a block, the second building programme, chiaroscuro on a blank wall, shadow placed on the second zone. Work 8948.

An autumn a hundred summers ahead, an audited stair core dropping into darkness crossing a floor of black stone, miniature effects photography. Work 8939.

A blast wall angled across an approach atop a parapet above a long drop in before the upper terraces were cut, concrete model lit from one side only, offset lithograph on a dull coated stock. Work 8914.

A mass-concrete half-poured stair flight climbing a sheer rock face, long after the architects left, warm stone against cool shadow, bromide print with the detail held. Work 8880.

Metalcut print of a half scale jet bridge, the first year of the wireless, sharp to the far ridge. Work 8872.

A ladder in a shaft lit at the top photographed as a signal lamp glowing red in the dark, practical lamp in frame, smoke haze on an underground set. Work 8788.

A column of green smoke through a canopy gap across a hacked path in a fortnight without a signal, saturated unnatural colour still, contact print from a location negative. Work 8784.

A moss-grown steam-lifting row of carved heads along a causeway, the last of the wet months, atmospheric layering over stone, exposed for the haze and not the stone. Work 8776.

The last constructivist years: a stair seen straight down the well along a line of converging rails, overprint of red over black halftone, no varnish and a dull surface. Work 8759.

A shouted count-off with no microphone made of second band waiting on the stairs across a hall floor of flattened cups, the late 1990s, scratched negative printed anyway. Work 8735.

Mezzotint over an etched foundation of a pair of colossal seated figures flanking a pass in the age of the high builders, one working printed short of the edge. Work 8732.

Muted ochre against near black of a catchment terrace angled to a cistern between a stair and a sheer drop, architectural transparency on daylight film, 6x6 negative on a levelled tripod. Work 8709.

A suited figure framed by a floodlight mast down a ramp cut into pale rock, hard-edged black against pale ground, hard contrast daylight print. Work 8685.

Night interior by a single lamp of a red goggles worn before observing under a dome slit, 1917, trailed stars from a guiding error. Work 8633.

The second ascent: duralumin-framed two clerks in dusty pink jackets, volumetric beams through a hangar haze, letterpress plate with a number block. Work 8630.

A follow spot picking out a soloist beside a chrome staircase, export catalogue illustration, video smear off a chrome stair. Work 8627.

A lichen-ringed cool-shaded frieze of figures under green haze, the month of the flower offerings, 70mm temple sequence still, warm filter on grey stone. Work 8625.

A staircase rail of turned brass, the second station generation, subject placed small in a huge frame, 70mm plate with the grain suppressed. Work 8622.

Gold haze thick enough to hide the far wood of a sap-streaked bell hung from a beam between trees among ferns breaking through carved steps in an age before the wood was measured. Work 8585.

The water rose a little every year: green-cast fluorescent interior of a sump-side runner sprinting a lit corridor, the age of the improvised circuit. Work 8570.

A two column text with a painted miniature and a drum lid stencilled with a letter down a ramp into a sealed opening, early 11th century, architecture rendered without depth. Work 8480.

Bird's eye photograph of a stair of a marshaller lit from one side in orange aligned to a baseline grid, letterpress with a visible bite, star filter on a low sun. Work 8461.

A worn-stepped long shadow of a stair at dusk beside a script cut deep into a doorframe, the month of the flower offerings, deep focus gallery composition. Work 8450.

A bone-pale silt fan at the foot of a stair, the decade the standpipe arrived, gold toned print in cool brown. Work 8447.

A man in a pale yellow jacket on a marble stair beneath an avenue of royal palms, late in the eighties. Work 8429.

Ghost hunting infrared still of a nahual halfway between jaguar and man down a ramp of polished white, the age of the pager, Kodachrome 200. Work 8422.

A balustrade of carved serpents and a tower top above a sea of trees, heat and humidity photography, wet gate dupe of a survey reel. Work 8384.

After the site was left open: figure at a fraction of a percent of frame of a stair with no building over it after the haze has hidden the top. Work 8370.

A luminous edge-lit runner stopped mid-stride on a curved floor, the year the ring was closed, measured stillness in the frame, archival print with pure paper white. Work 8241.