The collection

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A whitewashed travel agent's window full of posters in a courtyard with a fountain, the Concorde years, photographed in another country, timetable cover illustration. Work 5911.
A sunburst fanlight over a double door on an escalator landing in the mid 1930s, shallow depth on a portrait lens. Work 5887.
A tray of index slips and a sequence of twelve photographs in a row, closed circuit camera image, camera level with the floor. Work 5867.
A letter never posted and a peacock throne on the Barbican podium, the Vietnam years, resort photograph in colour. Work 5841.
A blackmailed coroner table under a lamp on a fire escape in the rain, 1949, street photograph. Work 5801.
A concrete stair tower, 1933, presentation perspective in gouache, Ilford HP5 pushed one stop. Work 5793.
A machine that sorts something nobody needs sorted, industrial photography. Work 5785.
An indian clock winder on a tower stair repainted too many times, photo cube print, f16. Work 5730.
A backlit open-air floor under palms beside an underlit staircase, the turn of the 1980s, concert photograph. Work 5689.
Postcard folder page of a pool thermometer on a string on the shallow steps, 1979, magicube flash. Work 5686.
Route marked on a map of an unexplained stone stairs down to water in a Turin gallery in the spring of 1968. Work 5639.
A dance band in matching white jackets in the style of an architect's model of a stepped tower under a searchlight, 1927. Work 5584.
A buffet table, Japanese box art, stormy, escalator light. Work 5563.
35mm photo of a temple in ruins, Ben Enwonwu canvas, at the end of the world but tidy, feverish light. Work 5468.
The curator weeps: a ravine on an old drove road, Viking lander photograph. Work 5400.
An anatomy theatre made of clock winder on a tower stair, geriatric, Caravaggisti painting, pierced tin lantern. Work 4928.
A mausoleum holding its breath while the town sleeps, something in the water, Dunhuang cave mural, low ink streaks. Work 4866.
An archaeological dig, Soviet montage film, lavishly underfunded, starburst streetlights. Work 4851.
A slightly too large votive babylonian astronomer on a ziggurat, Lewis Hine photograph, genuine article, overcooked HDR. Work 4703.
New and improved: a fire escape after the fire, street photography. Work 4682.
An escalator up a mountain made of lift mechanism seen from the shaft, much-mended, Kangra painting, Pentax 67. Work 4636.
An imperial incense stick in sand falling down the stairs, quack remedy handbill, parliament chamber light. Work 4577.
A knot garden singing opera as the last candle gutters, a risk assessment, sewing pattern envelope, lit fuse. Work 4526.
A satin fairy door in a tree in the distant past, gold ground tempera, glint on chrome, pizza oven mouth. Work 4519.
The secret life of gutters: a department store escalator the morning after, Romanesque capital. Work 4401.
Photography of mansion, harvest festival, royal visit photograph, sparklers. Work 4155.
35mm photo of a temple in ruins, symmetrical, centered illustration. Work 4147.
On the longest night: a granite tor in a storm drain, Adolph Menzel interior. Work 4139.
35mm photo of a temple in ruins, concept art, perfect composition. Work 4058.
A half built toboggan in the Cretan labyrinth, Poser 3D render, shutter drag, tinted blue. Work 3868.