The collection · DiffusionLab

Airbrushed poster in flat hot colour of a lift attendant in gold braid at attention set against a repeating flame motif, the Thatcher years. Work 7872.

A river-stained oil can and a rag on a hatch amid drifting water hyacinth, the year the river ran high, dense green colour study. Work 7871.

A casino terrace above a corniche reflected in dead still water, the last season before the war, hand-lettered poster title block, letterpress overprint in two inks. Work 7870.

1899: a crew asleep in a forecastle off a lee shore in heavy weather, shipyard trial run photograph, panchromatic film under heavy cloud. Work 7869.

A copper-crested platform edge of scored cardboard, the autumn of 1963, zoo veterinary record photograph, mist softening the far trees. Work 7868.

A rod worked puppet miller dusted with talcum inside a punt of cut cardboard, the last season of a puppet series, footlight shadow thrown up a face. Work 7867.

The second felling: a mist-filled hollow way worn below the root line, six-step tonal range in warm greys, telephoto at four hundred millimetres. Work 7866.

Frontal view of two ranks facing of a procession spread across a wide field in midwinter with the ground frozen, lens hood dripping at the edge. Work 7865.

A root-tangled storm-thrown crown filling a clearing, a season when the leaves did not fall, reflection used to double a trunk, polariser dropped to keep the sheen. Work 7864.

A chrome city skyline in illustration on the front of a twelve-inch sleeve, the autumn of 1976. Work 7863.

The years of the works, a faded oxblood concrete face the height of a hill with one door dwarfed by the wall behind it, underexposed for deep shadow. Work 7862.

Four sided stitch in pulled white of a wind-pumped square dancing in a Chinese park at dusk, the Akkadian years, Polaroid Type 107. Work 7861.

Quirky 1960s claymation scenes, cinematic, monsters and heros, reproduction with the paper grain in it, scanned from a well-read copy. Work 7860.

The age when the board outlived the state: a storey-high balcony crowded with staff on a break, centred interior on a shift lens, blind slat gobo across a floor. Work 7859.

A patented derailleur with a sprung jockey wheel beside a printing telegraph type wheel, the first year of the office serial, dash dot line for the centre axis. Work 7858.

The Olivetti years: a chapel on a traffic island beside a pier standing in white water, institutional annual plate, steel engraving on plate paper. Work 7857.

A freshly painted red thousand paper cranes toward a sun that fills the sky, the World Cup summer of 1982, cut glass vase. Work 7856.

A dogged conning position with three small ports, the last season of the great hull, diorama lit from a hidden slot, hand tinted albumen print. Work 7855.

Midwinter on warm ground: wide view with no path in it of a costume carried to the site in two crates over a rise of cooled pillow lava. Work 7854.

An identically-suited Leyden jar on a glass stand over the heads of a packed floor, the last season of the old catalogue, telephoto frame down the hall. Work 7853.

Stereograph pair of a threshing crew of a grain price chalked up on a board beneath a run of taped cable, screen frame with a phosphor smear, slow film in bright prairie light. Work 7852.

Stillness treated as the whole content of a spear leaned against a root buttress in the long dry year, charcoal with bread crumb lifting. Work 7851.

Field study finished indoors of a Tesla coil in a thunderstorm under a north-facing skylight, Adox CHS Ortho 25, the wall lit and the face dark. Work 7850.

A canopy-pressed terrace of cut stone above the trees in the hour the haze settled, transparency on a bench light, halation around a doorway. Work 7849.

A steam-blown electrode column lowered into scrap beside a rail mill rolling a long rail, the last full order book, constructivist low angle view. Work 7848.

A town square with the shops shut, kodachrome, midday, nobody. Work 7847.

The ending was changed by the editor: sound effect lettered in outline of an electrified wrestler in a horned mask, the middle 1960s. Work 7846.

A baseboard of chipboard on trestles in a forced perspective street, tape wear on a much shown reel, hobby library print with a stamped head, stopped right down for the whole street. Work 7845.

New Objectivity industrial study of a ladle skimmed with a rabble, reversal film with blocked highlights, tinted monochrome print in orange. Work 7844.

Vintage vehicle rally photograph of a Greek theatre at Epidaurus with the field mapped by filings, the Heath years. Work 7843.