The collection · DiffusionLab

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 petrol pump in four colourways and a subtropical glasshouse, over the shoulder of an examiner, letterpress plate with a caption block. Work 6641.

Hand tinted publicity still of a martini with two olives on a pick and a pouch of rough cut tobacco spilling, 1957, Kodak Ektachrome E-3. Work 6505.

Fourteen nights half board: poster for a national airline of a palm fringed lacquered tray of tea things, 1978. Work 6437.

Long and short stitch embroidery of a sea lily fossil beside a polo ground, Agfachrome CT 200, bounce flash off a white wall. Work 6351.

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.

A waiter standing with a tray photographed as an argument seen through a window, empty frame after the actors leave, lamp flare into the lens. Work 6242.

A half-lit Lucite table with glasses on it in the disco backlash, Nikon F2 with a 28mm lens, heavy contrast. Work 6227.

Department store catalogue plate of a lithographed tinplate robot in a laboratory of glassware, press flash with a hard shadow, glossy lacquer on plastic. Work 6049.

Hunt group photograph of a cigarette case open on a table in a supper room, 1934, Kodachrome saturation. Work 5987.

A plate of cockles, 1969, hand-coloured postcard, over-exposed opening frames. Work 5884.

A hollowed pineapple with two straws in a Moscow hotel dining room, visas arranged by the agency. Work 5883.

The daguerreotype years: a plimsolled bowling green, underglaze blue porcelain plate, GAF 64 colour slide. Work 5820.

A stirrup cup handed up leaving before supper, 1948, society magazine page, large format on a stand. Work 5802.

A cocktail tray on a wicker table, fashion plate, no vacancy, barn doors cutting the spill. Work 5786.

A polished washed-out retirement cake for someone who is not there, Saul Bass title sequence, a strongly worded letter, disposable camera. Work 5734.

A steak and kidney pie, anthotype, tax-exempt, Cooke lens. Work 5693.

Everything except the sea: a thali in a boardroom, gas station road map. Work 5653.

A soap charabanc under a bell jar, toy catalogue, colour gels. Work 5645.

1950, a soot-blackened funnel cake under sugar with the lights coming on, linen finish postcard. Work 5640.

The fortieth copy: a scavenger hunt in a Colombian coffee finca, astronomical glass plate. Work 5579.

Liquid emulsion on stone of a fern unfurling on a kitchen table, Petzval lens. Work 5556.

A pistachio tiny tornado on a dinner plate in a ski lodge, auction catalogue, Xerox grain, two colour riso. Work 5450.

An anatomical plate of an animal that does not exist, engraving, hand tinted. Work 5424.

Everything must go: a pancake stack in a kitchen, coloured pencil. Work 5222.

A rhododendron, Bada Shanren ink painting, fishing, dressing room bulbs. Work 5186.

A deadly nightshade balanced on a teacup in a Scottish tenement close, it is closer than it was, Voronoi diagram, tarnish. Work 5170.

A tintype photographer pouring collodion and a receipt as long as a scarf in the land of the dead, Gauguin Tahiti painting. Work 5153.

A beached cheese grater holding a small umbrella, found object sculpture, mint and peach. Work 5082.

It came back: a Tupperware lid with no box in a cold snap, Joseph Cornell box. Work 4997.