The collection · DiffusionLab

Showman's lettering in gold leaf photographed as a big wheel against a dark sky, Hall and Fowle style ride front, fog haze pumped into the street. Work 10303.

A Streamline Moderne diner and a RAM stick, test shot for a catalogue, VHS head switching noise. Work 9912.

A stagecoach team running flat out under a water tower, slur from a fast rotary run, flat colour on absorbent newsprint, brittle paper cracking at the fold. Work 8846.

A felt-shod control car hung below the hull below a stencilled frame number, the year of the forty cabins, matte fabric against polished tube. Work 8289.

A void of an atrium eight storeys deep in a bamboo stand in the first winter of the 1950s, poster style flat elevation of a train, contact print from a survey plate. Work 7832.

The second ascent, a bank of engine telegraphs in a row in a dining saloon set for forty, technical pen with stippled shade, sheet film exposure by window light. Work 7617.

The middle 1960s: photostat lettering on a pasted panel of a subway train leaving the rails on a lunar crater rim. Work 7510.

A hut with one shuttered window, long lens compression down a line, the whole train weighed less than a lorry, enamel finish in cream and green. Work 7445.

A post painted in bands of cream and a board of numbered departure times beneath a canopy of ribbed glass, the last full timetable, general arrangement figure of a carriage. Work 7353.

Wood engraving of a nursery house of a spark-showered auto rickshaw, the first year of the talkies, print timed for the suit greys. Work 7283.

A matched workshop bench under a haze filled window beside a shadow of a train thrown long, the years of three engines, gold bronze ink over a flat field. Work 7214.

A cog wheel meshed with a rack with a matching carriage below, the season after the closure, centred platform tableau, cine frame enlarged from 16mm. Work 6889.

Mishima inlay of a rack railway carriage on a glacier and a gilt bronze bodhisattva, the century that was skipped, edge markings along the rebate. Work 6383.

Photo essay in a travel magazine of a giant sized carving trolley in a first class cabin, the package tour years, film weave through the gate. Work 6379.

A silhouetted strongbox with a broken hasp in a booth at the back of a diner, 1925, the lieutenant wants you downtown, portrait in low key. Work 6335.

Symmetrical static composition of an unexplained window of a moving train, 1975, Technicolor dye transfer print. Work 6167.

A streamlined bus station forecourt on a dance floor in the summer of 1937, etched glass panel, theatrical footlights from below. Work 6119.

Transit poster for a bus interior of a king size cork tipping paper on a king size, the Madison Avenue years, ink trapping on a heavy solid. Work 5875.

Gold leaf signwriting of a ride frame with no panels on in the last night of the fair, flash against a dark background. Work 5856.

A diner and an eclair in the early 1900s, oil on panel. Work 5756.

Someone knitting on a train, gouache illustration, muted palette. Work 5735.

A mahogany commandeered herald with a long trumpet, monster truck rally poster, as a child would explain it, sleeper cabin lamp. Work 5668.

Redscale film of a racehorse saddle cloth on a school bus, shot from the hip. Work 5660.

A cycle rickshaw running for mayor on the night shift, the moon's day off, safety instruction film, newsprint. Work 5548.

Sunny intervals of shame: a Pullman carriage in a Malaysian kopitiam, Mars rover photograph. Work 5529.

A pharaonic front room kept for best in a burger van, Kongo nkisi figure, from under a bed, border checkpoint light. Work 5491.

A knickerbocker glory in the style of a bathing machine, panoramic camera. Work 5368.

A prize giving and a caravan in a model village, ZX Spectrum loading screen. Work 5253.

A movie poster for a film about a train, motion streaks, deep perspective. Work 5192.

A telegram, miniature effects shot, rhinestone, gaslight. Work 5055.