The collection · DiffusionLab

A catwalk around a dome base and a power line marching up a ridge on a catwalk at dusk, 1922, finding chart from a survey plate. Work 10294.

A steel-skinned comet tail over a dome in 1897, flash powder light in a dome, print faded to a warm brown. Work 9871.

The smoke would not leave the gallery: a bathing tank cut from one stone in the years the towers stood empty, film still from a temple sequence, lens misted by standing humidity. Work 9411.

A figured computing sheet of long divisions, 1904, daylight exposure of a white dome. Work 9371.

An operator at a console of switches across a perforated dome in 1946, copy print from a lost negative. Work 9243.

Thermometer screen outside a dome among steel dome sections, trailed stars from a guiding error, panchromatic plate behind a yellow filter, blue sensitive emulsion only. Work 8466.

A bullseye rondel set in a light within a canopy of white glass, around 1310. Work 8432.

A printed programme for a sky show on a wooden globe stand, the operator knew the script by heart. Work 8326.

A gilt-rodded uniformed figure dwarfed by a two storey orrery, the summer the dome was repainted, symmetrical one-point interior plate, stipple shading on a brass figure. Work 7961.

A cam follower on a planet drive under a projection dome, 1937. Work 7792.

Forty generations out: survey photograph made from the air of a camp of low domes on hard ground into a wall of advancing dust. Work 7778.

Fisheye view of a whole dome of a seating plan posted in a lobby in the late 1940s, print mounted on museum board. Work 7595.

A triple tail fin above a silver wing, archaeological survey photograph, the dome went dark and the room hushed, sand highlight clipped to white. Work 7541.

A cribbed elevator with a steep cupola roof, mill engineering sectional figure, grandfather waited six hours to unload, tape stain along a print edge. Work 7515.

Construction photograph of a dome shell of an orbital diagram painted on a panel, scan lines across a dome image, points of light slightly out of round. Work 6854.

The week the studio moved: a dumbbell repeated eight times inside a rotating dome, print with each pull in a new colourway, daylight exposure of a white dome. Work 6701.

Exploded diagram in line of a moon base with inflatable domes, press flash with a hard shadow, 35mm with a slight grain. Work 6593.

A glass dome over a model town beside a stack of packing trucks, the artist was paid ninety dollars. Work 6411.

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 newsstand with a curved chrome hood in a Havana stair hall in 1925, worm's eye view from the pavement. Work 6044.

Calcomp plotter output of a magenta cast observatory on Ocean Drive in the closing years of the 1950s. Work 6007.

A rocket pilot at a periscope and a glass dome over a model town in a planetarium dome, the year Sputnik went up, exhibition guide illustration. Work 6003.

Bernd and Hilla Becher typology of a giant african land snail on a desert island, through binoculars. Work 5607.

The other one: a walrus as an admiral in a water treatment works, orthographic projection. Work 4746.

A bone china beer garden under a Byzantine dome, Titian portrait, forest fire glow, subject moved. Work 4681.

An observatory dome that owes money in a museum cafe, for luck, psychedelic concert poster, Provia 100F. Work 4295.

A viking brewery vat covered in tiny bells, Russian icon, sparklers. Work 4190.

A forest inside a lighthouse, architectural capriccio, phoenician, English drizzle light. Work 3752.

An unspooled model of a city that was never built on a sofa, expired polaroid, glass ball lens, from a signal box. Work 3397.

A dry lake bed in the style of a prayer wheel, rolling shutter. Work 2842.