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The sun took an hour to clear the trees: a landing skid shadow on wet sand in the first years of the 1970s, high angle over flooded ground, daylight stock at first light. Work 6688.

The February holidays: hotel publicity photograph of a men in evening dress on a moonlit piste on the top terrace at noon. Work 6681.

Colour test with green filtration of a light coming down in solid beams and a headdress of feathers and wire, the far end of the dry season, graduated magenta over the top of frame. Work 6676.

Two-up layout copied and guillotined of a cover with the title cut into a photograph, photostat mounted on thin cardboard, biro on lined paper then copied. Work 6675.

A rim deck curving up out of sight hanging off a line a hundred metres out, after the last resupply, specular highlight on bare metal, screen print in two flat tones. Work 6674.

1866, a far-walled tent pitched on a pale shore with its reflection completing the shape, scale given by a single small coat. Work 6673.

A tide dropping a trawler in a berth under a lighthouse on a pier, orthochromatic plate in sea haze, thin underexposed negative, litho poster in flat greys. Work 6665.

A sounding wire through a hole in the ice, the early 1900s, published narrative frontispiece, ink title along the lower edge. Work 6651.

A fish hovering at the edge of the light over a drum of coiled hose, 1905, fold out plate of a whole apparatus, lithograph in five muted inks. Work 6648.

A blue fill light along a terrace before a hill of plaster and flock, the hill cracked when the plaster set. Work 6647.

Hard rim light on a parapet edge of a ram's skull nailed above a doorway over a dry ditch on a lifting bridge, the first ascent of the pass, copperplate engraving with fine hatching. Work 6639.

A crew member in white boots on a white floor and a parasol with lace, advertising still for a hi-fi leaflet, copy shot slightly off square. Work 6636.

1939: an antenna array on a desert plain under a plexiglass canopy, black and white science fiction film still, hard flash on chrome. Work 6633.

The original print was never returned: a watchtower of scaffold pipe in the decade the roads went quiet, polaroid taken as proof, motion blur at a slow shutter. Work 6629.

A standing visiting alley behind a nightclub, 1936, steamship poster, flashbulb at a ball. Work 6627.

A view of Enoshima from the sand on the esplanade, 1969, black and white press photograph, interlace comb on movement. Work 6620.

A first class hydrofoil crossing a bay, the package tour years, luggage label design, wide angle lens with a bowed horizon. Work 6618.

An onyx panel glowing behind bottles at the edge of a swimming pool in the jazz age, scratched negative printed as found. Work 6615.

A tapering hospital ward block with balconies beside a multi storey car park facade, the late 1960s, infrared architectural photograph. Work 6614.

Sponsor billboard at the top of a show of a girl reaching for the cereal box under a parabolic antenna, the early 1940s, two inch quadruplex tape artefacts. Work 6608.

Visas arranged by the agency: timetable cover illustration of a straw hatted lacquered tray of tea things, 1960. Work 6605.

The late 1920s, a race meeting enclosure at Cowes, mounted on grey board, platinum print warmth. Work 6604.

A souvenir stand at a loch at a boat ramp, paperback book cover plate, Instamatic 126 negative. Work 6596.

A window washed with rain standing in a lit doorway, the years right after the war, studio publicity still, street lamp as the only source. Work 6594.

Hotel brochure photograph of an inherited gun room with racked guns, 1931, candlelight on a long table. Work 6587.

Perspective corrected photograph of a cooling tower's hyperboloid throat and a construction hoarding with a rendering, 1928, 35mm black and white negative. Work 6582.

Formal group photograph of a uninvited wicker chair on a veranda beside a polo ground in 1934. Work 6579.

New German Cinema frame of a figure walking into the sea waiting for a telephone call, the mid 1960s. Work 6578.

An uncorroborated index slip with a sighting number beside an overhead projector transparency, the summer of 1967, cropped and blown up frame. Work 6575.

1951, an unlisted parking deck with a slotted parapet with shuttering lines across the face, travel sketch in a notebook. Work 6573.