The collection · DiffusionLab

A cosplayer in a homemade robot suit over a bed of pig iron moulds, Easter 1962, unaccessioned archive photograph, page with a pupil's pencil notes. Work 10081.

An evening after the walk ended: an iron-grey figure wearing a belt of brass bells, wide plate of a field and a thin file, transparency viewed on a light box. Work 9940.

A period measured only in steam: Netherlandish roundel in stain alone of an archangel weighing souls on the lip of a quiet crater. Work 9921.

Face-on figure standing on the bottom of a chamber gauge read by an attendant at the knee of a carved figure, gum print over a platinum base, daylight only at four fathoms. Work 9819.

Dailies frame of a robot fisherman on a pier throughout a run of eighty copies, photo corner marks on the print, E-4 slide faded to pink. Work 9655.

A figure narrowed to a gleaming stalk made of figure in a girdle of nacre buttons near a doorway with no light behind it, the third night of the same setup, print laid under glass for the gloss. Work 9560.

Frontal portrait of a helmeted figure of an attendant screwing a helmet down in the century the shimmer was mapped, carbro print with soft edges. Work 8986.

A renaissance portrait of a stag as a general, oil on panel, armour. Work 8572.

Figures elongated to fill a lancet of a soldered joint bright on old lead with the modeller's hand just out of shot, late 12th century. Work 8247.

A henchmen in matching turtlenecks in the style of a paratrooper cutting his harness in the shadow of a giant robot, a giant sized special. Work 8221.

Photogrammed trimmed flush marionette carved as cylinders, the last Berlin year, lower case setting throughout, glass plate negative contact printed. Work 8032.

Trade test transmission frame of a plume-crested copper helmet with twelve bolts, the Egyptian golden age of cinema, silver gelatin print on warm paper. Work 7967.

A peacock worm and a prince turned into a stag, screenprint on newsprint at speed, stipple shading on a globe figure. Work 7653.

A rivet-studded weightless dock hand in a hard suit gone amber with dust, the closing years of the outward works, spotlit figure in a dark lattice, hand-held at a very wide aperture. Work 7131.

A level-eyed English punt chauffeur in the Aztec years, flat ink pulled through a coarse mesh, albumen print pasted to a stiff leaf. Work 7085.

A deadpan attendant in a moulded chest plate, the year nobody logged, slow push along an axis, cold-toned chromogenic print. Work 6691.

A mustard yellow starburst patterned toy shop window of tin robots, 1947, diorama with a painted backdrop, silver gelatin print. Work 6114.

A deep sea diver in a brass helmet in the style of a winged horse, negative space. Work 5696.

Byzantine art of blade runner style robot, 1970s, highly detailed, 16k, cinematic composition. Work 5392.

Cinematic photo of steam punk robot in desert with blade runner city in the distance, wildlife photography, telephoto, high contrast. Work 5298.

A message from the management: a roman centurion in a farmhouse, Nebuta festival float. Work 5162.

A headless horseman made of halite crystal, vinyl, Scythian gold, winter light. Work 5092.

An armoury made of oni, dented, Clara Peeters still life, crypt candle. Work 5064.

A sumerian nouveau riche drop bear, postage stamp, dizzy with importance, bleach bypass. Work 4991.

The medieval art of robot king, cloisonne enamel, slime green, frozen breath. Work 4959.

Renaissance portrait of a snail with a crown, ambient, atmospheric. Work 4828.

A renaissance portrait of a stag as a general, oil on panel, armour. Work 4656.

A passport photographer telling nobody to smile made of miner's helmet with a lamp, reupholstered, Leonardo sfumato portrait, funeral candles. Work 4629.

Byzantine fresco of blade runner style robot, car-sized, chicken shed heat lamps. Work 4541.

Cockroach steampunk cybernetic biomechanical, light grey backdrop, 4k. Work 4521.