The collection · DiffusionLab

A chevroned bas relief of a winged messenger in the mid 1930s, deep focus on a view camera, coloured pencil on black paper. Work 6305.

Fluxus printed multiple of an attendant standing by a door in the late 1970s, print trimmed square. Work 6302.

1965: a ring binder of typed pages in a seminar room, site photograph with a scale figure, Kodak Plus-X print. Work 6296.

Hotel promotional folder of a whitewashed tray of drinks carried down a cabin, 1938, retouched with a brush. Work 6293.

A sweating shoe left under a table in a nightclub bathroom, the summer of 1980, Tod Papageorge style photograph. Work 6290.

A patient Japanese beach house awning, 1972, Shirley Baker style photograph, tracking lines at the bottom. Work 6277.

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.

Asbestos survey photograph of a stirrup and a mail sack of letters to a researcher, the age of the fax machine, Dynachrome 25. Work 6271.

Everybody lies about the money: a railway signal in the rain in 1944, cinematic frame with deep focus, shot on Eastman Super-XX. Work 6270.

Yacht club regatta photograph of a long white glove past the elbow in a red coat, 1926. Work 6266.

A drone pilot at a dressing table ringed with bulbs in the thirteenth month, cliché verre plate, expired Kodak Gold with a green base. Work 6260.

1979, a sugar frosted colour bars with a tone in the corner while the announcer keeps talking, safe title area framing. Work 6259.

Ancestral portrait of an unamused debutante's first waltz, 1924, tungsten light in a studio. Work 6253.

The late 1940s: a hard-boiled rooming house parlour, available-light photograph, light from below the face. Work 6247.

Seaside amusements handbill of a unidentified flask of tea being poured out, the late 1980s, Boots processing envelope. Work 6241.

1865, a self conscious Amphicyon in a lurex jumpsuit under the lights, tin glazed earthenware dish. Work 6239.

A top hat carried under an arm and a freeze frame on a smiling family, sign on test pattern frame, flying spot scanner highlight flare. Work 6237.

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

A row of fruit machines, 1978, town guide photograph, tape dropout across the frame. Work 6210.

A blind throwing bars across a wall beside a vending machine in 1949, Ektachrome 64. Work 6208.

The marquee was up for three days: full length portrait in oils of an unamused three ostrich feathers in the hair, 1924. Work 6194.

A housekeeper in a ra-ra skirt in three tiers, Easter 1912, lost property record photograph, fluorescent tube light overhead. Work 6188.

Travel film frame in sixteen millimetre of a lei placed over a traveller's neck in the late 1960s, Nikon F with a fifty millimetre lens. Work 6185.

A poorly lit akhlut, the Spanish Civil War years, wardrobe test Polaroid, a minute by streetlight. Work 6182.

A cornered press photographer with a flash gun, 1956, extreme low camera angle. Work 6180.

The lights went out at eleven: tourist brochure photograph of an out of season statue in a park in winter, 1977. Work 6178.

Feather mosaic of a cocktail garnished with a flower in a sheepskin coat with the fleece showing, the golden age of radio. Work 6177.

A picket line in winter, black and white, braziers, breath. Work 6175.

A register marks in the trim margin in a supper club booth in the mid 1950s, doctor endorsement advertisement, rim light on the hair. Work 6170.

An usherette with a tray of cigarettes on a whitewashed lane of steps in 1940, stylised mural in flattened perspective, splice flash in a home movie. Work 6163.