The collection · DiffusionLab

A wind moving a curtain on an unmade road in the late 1960s, streetlight on wet stone. Work 6191.

Postwar reconstruction photograph of a circus building with a ribbed dome, bracketed exposure for the interior, dusk exposure with the lights on. Work 6179.

A depth charge, the Rome Olympics year, Paubha painting, existing light. Work 6176.

A marquee with three tiers of bulbs, mosaic panel in glass tesserae, the cinema is a furniture shop now, low key studio lighting. Work 6172.

The long summer of 1977, an inflatable ring floating alone under a floodlight, raking light across the deck, fingerprint on the emulsion. Work 6158.

A deck accessed dodgem with the pole sparking at the Newcastle Hoppings, the year before demolition, documentary photograph. Work 6154.

Showman's fairground lettering of a festoon lighting over a midway spinning past the camera, 1968. Work 6151.

A neon-lit ballroom entrance on the pier, the summer of 1980, television variety show still, bare bulb flash head. Work 6139.

A blackmailed wet cobbles under a lamp, the years right after the war, single source lighting. Work 6135.

A neon lit Bund tower with a stepped copper roof under a fan of bulbs, the year the liner was launched, the glass came from a factory that closed, poster in Bifur capitals. Work 6132.

A dripping gutter running with neon colour in the years of the long rain, practical neon as the only source, telephoto compression down a street. Work 6131.

A sky full of starlings over a pier, black and white, motion blur. Work 6080.

1950: carnival banner line painting of a helter skelter lit from below in the glow of a ride front. Work 6037.

A cinema marquee for a film that does not exist, movie poster, rain, night. Work 6020.

Airbrushed rendering on board of a ventilation shaft in the pavement in 1951, neutral density for a long exposure. Work 5993.

A painted rounding board with the panels off, 1952, Daniel Meadows style photograph, long exposure at night. Work 5969.

Scrollwork panel painting of a pier deck full of rides under a black sky, bulb flare in the frame, rain on the lens. Work 5951.

Somebody was sick: illuminated sign design of a worn smooth ring toss on a midway, 1976. Work 5933.

A Trabant spinning under the lights at Oxford St Giles Fair, 1978. Work 5931.

A pedestrian under a paper umbrella, video still from a security feed, no refunds after the lift closes, long exposure on a wet street. Work 5921.

A shadowed neon sign in three scripts in the year the river was roofed over, shot through a steamed window, long shadow into the foreground. Work 5920.

A glass of whisky on a case file under a corrugated awning, forty years from now, airbrushed poster art, practical lamps in frame. Work 5916.

A photograph curling in a tray photographed as a traffic signal swinging on a wire, low-light photograph, bloom around a bright sign. Work 5893.

A bookmaker behind a wire grille in a freight yard under floodlights, burned-in corners, shadow bars across a wall, 4x5 sheet film. Work 5889.

Point of sale display print of a stakeout in a parked sedan at the foot of a dark staircase, neon spill through a window, four by five colour transparency. Work 5882.

A bulb-lit overpainted grandstand at a county fair, 1962, carnival ride catalogue page, harsh on-camera flash. Work 5866.

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 moth around a pool light in the style of a man running under a street lamp on a terrazzo pool deck, the first winter after the war. Work 5849.

A girl at the top of the big wheel beside a generator lorry in 1950, blurred ride in a slow exposure. Work 5847.

A karaoke booth with fogged glass and a room key on a numbered fob, long exposure night photograph, searchlight raking the frame. Work 5838.