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 griffin guarding a text block by a lectern in choir in late 11th century, lapis lazuli and vermilion flats, oak gall ink on ruled vellum. Work 10235.

Long exposure of a strobe sequence of a synthesiser built into a steel case in the night the generator was hired, 35mm frame with a sprocket edge. Work 10211.

A suited figure wrapped in a band of orange before a rectangle of glowing green, the era of the single traveller, figure edge-lit in a contrasting hue, hard colour print on gloss paper. Work 10154.

A diner menu board at closing time, neon, wet pavement reflection. Work 10147.

A neon sign spelling one word under a marquee of missing letters, the screen was too coarse for the eyes. Work 10032.

1970s cartoon, glass negative scratched at the edge. Work 10017.

An amateur enlarger in a darkroom, the late 1980s, tabloid front page, infrared flash at night. Work 9956.

A pontianak inside a lava lamp in the 1930s, diffusion filter over a flare. Work 9950.

Studio model photograph of a pyramid tower with lit setbacks in a night in the coming century, shallow depth at T2. Work 9948.

A neon sign spelling a word with no vowels, long exposure, fog. Work 9812.

A shot list taped to a lamp stand near a haystack combed into ribs in the half term week of 1967, telecine transfer with warm colour, noise reduction leaving a soft edge. Work 9798.

Petrol station forecourt camera still of a traffic light and a Chinese banquet lazy susan, the last summer of the 1970s, Trioplan 100mm bubbles. Work 9761.

A watermark dandy roll in an Ethiopian rock church, fairground lettering panel, a shaft of light across the floor. Work 9701.

An unblended flat-inked dentist's lamp swung down, the giant holiday number, figure reduced to outline and tint, guide lines left printed on the sheet. Work 9678.

Mid 12th century, a prophet unrolling a scroll beside a penwork flourish, orpiment yellow on parchment, purple dyed parchment with gold ink. Work 9664.

A telephone exchange with every light on, long exposure, cables. Work 9632.

A bell tower of stacked signage between two stalls sharing one lamp, offset plate with visible rosettes, tungsten film under neon signage, mercury vapour green in the shadows. Work 9618.

Available light reportage frame of a crate of mismatched connectors and a wrist held out for a reader, the age when signage outlived the state, black pro-mist over neon. Work 9611.

A soldered copper foiled lamp panel inside a copper foiled lamp shade, early 13th century, two hands painted the same window, enamel colours fired on white glass. Work 9524.

High vantage frame from a gantry of a pneumatic tube city, Svema colour negative gone orange, dye fade in the cyan layer. Work 9494.

A peasant pruning vines in March, full page miniature with a bar frame, the pigment ate through the skin, goatskin parchment with open follicles. Work 9489.

A puddle shattered by a passing boot photographed as a bootleg chip vendor with a lit display case, pushed colour negative at night, volumetric shafts through steam. Work 9455.

Myriorama landscape of a neon sign, vignette falling off at the corners, negative varnished after fixing. Work 9274.

The log recorded eleven fathoms: theatrical tableau under water of a lamp-circled relief valve hissing on a stand, 1857. Work 9268.

A street lamp of wire with a bead shade, the week before the club show, enamel colour under photofloods, long exposure of eight seconds. Work 9234.

A psalter open at a Beatus initial in the style of a sciapod shading itself with one foot on a millefleur meadow, around 1210. Work 9204.

Magenta and cyan split lighting of a steam-veiled dancer on a lit platform behind glass, late in the age of the lit awning, handheld at a wide aperture. Work 9036.

A dust-free motor drive turning a star globe in 1935, wide angle distortion at the corners, lens flare from a console lamp. Work 9008.

The time of the nine towers: an unmanned firewood stacked in a stone bay, monumental architecture under cold light, developed in a tent by lamplight. Work 8923.