The collection · DiffusionLab

A quartz viewport ringed with bolts and a viperfish preserved in a glass jar, floodlit viewport photograph, mimeographed station list page. Work 9980.

Deadpan portrait of an impossible surface of a figure in a yoke of anodised blue rings on a floor of polished black stone, the week the shells arrived, negative with the frame number visible. Work 9947.

Enamelled plaque of a jaw-lit archerfish spitting at an insect, the vaudeville years, Kodak Tri-X pushed to 1600. Work 9927.

Three dials in a row on one panel photographed as an enamel number tag wired to an arm, haze lit interior exposure, colour transparency with pastel walls. Work 9785.

Banner print of eight repeats of a door key in nine flat squares across a proof with a cell missing, squeegee pulled unevenly down the left, screen clog leaving a pale patch. Work 9705.

A fish in chili oil, the year the archive forgot, herbarium sheet photograph, wash marks from a shallow tray. Work 9343.

The sun had not moved all week: tintype portrait of a pavement level arapaima gulping air at the surface, the viceregal years. Work 9257.

A lifebelt release hook over a hatched section plane in 1881, print with a fold worn through to a slit. Work 8535.

Photograph made in one afternoon of a figure attended by two dressers in grey and a garment with its seams left on the outside, the second week of a fitting, 6x6 square frame with the figure centred. Work 8517.

Souvenir programme illustration of a rack of costumes wheeled past a camera in the second season, Nikon with a 24mm on the floor. Work 8404.

Test footage of a walk cycle of a lamp warmed plasticine doctor with a wire stethoscope, a wet Tuesday in 1966, lab scratch across a bright area. Work 8199.

A mooring block with a shackle in it between two matched lifting eyes, 1864. Work 7821.

A talent show handbill printed crooked photographed as a fishing tackle page with slipped hooks, bulk print job of eighty thousand, ink smear down the leading edge. Work 7668.

An abyssal plankton net dripping over a bucket, the mid 1930s, depth figure written in the corner. Work 6957.

A skid road greased with dogfish oil, union local bulletin illustration, the drive hung up for eleven days, wood engraved reproduction. Work 6745.

The mid 1970s, a fishermen mending a net by a lake in flat light, lamp flare into the lens, printed one stop down. Work 5715.

An airing cupboard in the style of a nappy pin, railway signal red. Work 4152.

Zurbaran still life of an iron filing pattern in a hanging basket, flat light. Work 1965.

A mossy corkscrew broom cupboard, Giacometti bronze, impossible destinations, chapel of rest light. Work 1894.

A bavarian tyrannosaurus trying to use a telephone on a Monopoly board, Rider-Waite tarot, sunset glow, magic lantern. Work 1724.

A ceremonial embroidery hoop with googly eyes, hazard pictogram, anti collision strobe. Work 1475.

A rubber grey key hook with no keys, verre eglomise panel, my grandfather built it, microwave light. Work 1413.