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The black plate was left in a cupboard: a robot octopus repairing a submarine in the first winter of the 1940s, grey scale test exposure, cine frame enlarged past its grain. Work 8879.
A two inspectors either side of a cordon rope past a marker driven into the dust, cold shadow against hot ground, wide gauge frame scanned at full width. Work 8551.
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 fish hovering at the edge of the light over a drum of coiled hose, 1905, fold out plate of a whole apparatus, lithograph in five muted inks. Work 6648.
Black and white film still of a garden hose coiled on gravel, mould spots on the negative, chiaroscuro with crushed blacks. Work 6366.
An air freshener misting over a sofa in the style of a pedestal camera on a studio floor in a garage with the hood up, the mid 1980s. Work 5752.
High-contrast colour photograph of a salt-crusted pursuit sedan with an exposed blower beside a capped dry bore in the end of the age of engines. Work 5705.
A counterfeit secretary bird stamping on a snake in 1837, academic salon painting, professional photograph, underpass lighting. Work 5476.
A fireman rescuing a cat in the style of a mammoth found in permafrost, tweed texture. Work 4080.
A waterspout seen from a ferry, telephoto, grey sea. Work 3102.
A half-inflated fireman's helmet with its insides showing, 1920s magazine advertisement, salt and pepper noise. Work 2972.
Retro comic style artwork, John Bauer forest painting, oxyacetylene torch. Work 2838.
Antique vintage postcard of a Gnome by a pool, colorful, highly detailed. Work 967.