The collection · DiffusionLab

Documentary frame from a hull camera of a sealed-off dust storm covering a whole region on a work face with a foot restraint in the second station generation. Work 6671.

It burnt on a Sunday morning: a test weight kettle on a stand in 1916, colour slide from a farm album, dust on the negative in the enlarger. Work 6646.

A caged balcony stacked with crates and a light well with dripping pipes on a wet street at street level, the second century of the smog, studio model photograph. Work 6606.

A refinery on the horizon on a ridge above the road, the second generation after the fall, Kodachrome slide, handheld from a moving vehicle. Work 6534.

The long dry: a cloud moving over the deep end at a desert motor court, faded album page, frozen dust at a high shutter speed. Work 6522.

A stripped-down pursuit sedan with an exposed blower in the flare of a burning stack, the years after the water ran out, last water for two hundred miles, high-contrast colour photograph. Work 6470.

Long lens shot through heat haze of a wrecking yard on a salt pan trailing a plume of dust, the years after the wells were capped. Work 6456.

A rain-slicked chimney stack throwing a flame, the middle of the next century, rim light through steam. Work 6425.

A radio set with a lit dial beneath a lit billboard, the decade of the off-world lotteries, practical effects still, atmospheric haze lit from behind. Work 6317.

A pier in low cloud behind a windbreak, 1972, 8mm home movie still, glare off wet sand. Work 6184.

A steam grate breathing into the street under scaffolding left up for years in some November a long way from now, strong edge light in rain. Work 6070.

The Korean War years: hard ground etching of a turf house beside a cooling tower. Work 5972.

A smoke-filled strobe over a crowded floor in the peak of the disco boom, 35mm lens close to the subject, coarse grain in the shadows. Work 5851.

A sleepless manhole venting white steam at the bottom of a light well, the first winter of the curfew, neo-noir film still. Work 5809.

A retouched incense burner in the spring of 1964, ORWO UT20, Diafine two bath development. Work 5772.

High-contrast colour photograph of a salt-crusted pursuit sedan with an exposed blower beside a capped dry bore in the end of the age of engines. Work 5705.

A silkie chicken and a power station cooling tower in 1969 at a drive-in, Adoration of the Magi panel. Work 5641.

Giorgione pastoral of a haboob in a Mauritian sugar mill, Fernand Leger canvas, the armistice, amber monochrome. Work 5446.

Feel the sound: an incinerator during the Grand Tour, first day cover. Work 5444.

Secretly relieved: an exhibition of a single raindrop over a smoky valley, Frederic Remington western scene. Work 5360.

A lincoln green steam-powered level crossing with no railway, Afewerk Tekle canvas, where lost gloves go, hair light. Work 5313.

A pollen storm over a pine forest made of shipwreck survivor on a desert island, wintry, x-ray, pinhole. Work 5255.

A souvenir spoon made of rooster as a town crier, edwardian, arcade attract mode, off register printing. Work 5206.

Cinematic photo of steam punk robot in desert with blade runner city in the distance, long exposure, fog. Work 5196.

An unloved ferry cancelled by fog in a Hong Kong dim sum hall, boro textile, tallow candle, museum quality. Work 5122.

A fire exit green giant puffball after the fire, Corot landscape, before the storm. Work 5094.

A sandstorm swallowing a road, telephoto, low contrast, ochre. Work 5023.

Cinematic photo of steam punk giant robot in the jungle, lithograph, limited palette, 1924. Work 5001.

A phthalo green mackerel sky made of smoke, emigration poster, cine lens. Work 4935.

An aloof spectroscope at the end of a Friday, Daumier caricature painting, torch through fog. Work 4932.