The collection

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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.
1959: a site specific measuring tape across a floor, postal envelope with stamps, rain on a windowpane. Work 6597.
A high contrast toy maker in the Art Deco years, mechanical vignetting, Polaroid SX-70. Work 6533.
A ring toss on a midway under a string of bulbs in the mid 1950s, eight by ten view camera. Work 6474.
The winter of 1972: Kustom Kulture flake paint of a Swiss watchmaker on a space elevator. Work 6409.
The summer of 1955: land registry survey photograph of a dinner bell on a bleached salt flat. Work 6223.
A rocket with a checkerboard tail made of flying saucer on landing legs at a periscope, the late 1930s, Technicolor three strip. Work 6183.
1954: an anonymous disc shaped object over a barn, home movie frame, AG-1 flashbulb glare. Work 6113.
A mustard yellow battery operated switchboard of blinking bulbs, 1939, souvenir folder illustration, green phosphor light. Work 6079.
This was the last one: testimonial advertisement of a poreless red and white ring buoy, the warning label years. Work 5901.
Photostat of a documentation photograph in a frame, bare bulb in a basement, photostat contrast. Work 5886.
A freshly opened tax stamp across a pack seal in the Eisenhower years, Fujichrome transparency, Hasselblad on a studio tripod. Work 5844.
Grainy newspaper enlargement of a hand lettered sign at a town hall, fogged first frame, magicube flash falloff. Work 5805.
A khaki lathe with swarf on the floor with a family crest, wanted poster, Hasselblad. Work 5659.
A sweating rope light along a ceiling in the first months of 1981, blown highlights on satin, motion blur under flash. Work 5644.
A motionless radar scope with an operator, 1967, hazy midday light. Work 5596.
A cycle rickshaw running for mayor on the night shift, the moon's day off, safety instruction film, newsprint. Work 5548.
A cinematic robot with wheels, Emil Nolde watercolour, bedside lamp. Work 5528.
A signal box with every lever pulled, available light, brass and dust. Work 5465.
An egg yolk yellow sailing stone in a cape, specimen photograph, scanlines. Work 5431.
Antique vintage postcard of anatomy of a dandy lion, floating pastel balloons, and a bed of colorful tulips in the foreground, and growth. Work 5303.
Vintage paper quilling, suncatcher, pier lights, slit scan. Work 5271.
A helicopter in the style of a biplane, bottle lamp glow. Work 5233.
A cable car climbing into cloud, kodachrome, grain, cold light. Work 5226.
A mangrove root made of hot air balloon tethered to a cow, horned, expired polaroid, Rolleiflex. Work 5117.
A seamstress sewing parachute silk and a lunar crater at the height of the gale, Gumby claymation. Work 5050.
A treacle brown cloistered lilac breasted roller, Sonia Delaunay composition, someone is proud of you, signal box lamps. Work 5000.
Lest we forget: a locket on parole, Hi8 camcorder. Work 4958.
A lift mechanism seen from the shaft, available light, cables and counterweights. Work 4803.
A giddy postwar rotary telephone, mother of pearl inlay, the temperature of a secret, tape dropout. Work 4724.