The collection · DiffusionLab

Saddle between two peaks in a mosque courtyard, the spring of 1958, abattoir inspection photograph, hand-tinted in two soft washes. Work 10260.

A man in a linen suit lounging on a white bow among rows of numbered lamps, summer 1985. Work 10258.

Cross processed colour frame of a dust turning inside a light beam small under a closed canopy, one long green afternoon. Work 10222.

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 marble-cold executive at a window above the weather beside an interview room with two chairs and a lamp, the years after the tower fires, miniature effects photography. Work 10187.

Glass gilding panel of a damp smelling post war family saloon, the last summer of the 1980s, release print timed dark. Work 10119.

A syringe raised against a lamp enlarged until the dots read as circles, the hundredth issue, newsprint illustration with open whites, guide lines left printed on the sheet. Work 10108.

Monochrome film still of a telephone receiver off the hook, street lamp as the only source, long shadow into the foreground. Work 10104.

Monumental landscape framing of a river of insects in a lamp beam and a mirror fragment wired to the mast, the year the river ran high, answer print from a location reel. Work 10082.

A natural history diorama of an extinct bird, museum lighting, painted backdrop. Work 10078.

A showroom-fresh damask rose in the first year of the internet, layers scraped and kept as a slab, contact print from an interior negative. Work 10076.

Backlit party against a paler haze of a sight glass with a red float inside and a sleepers laid on a pale beach, the year the lamps were fitted, brass lens with a soft edge. Work 10074.

A bureaucratic note left on a kitchen table, the mid 1970s, available light night frame, Eastmancolor faded to magenta. Work 10040.

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

Volumetric glow with no visible source of a lead weight coated in tallow, platinum print with silver greys, ruling pen and two grey washes. Work 9998.

The year the hull was silvered, a speaking tube with a whistle plug through an air lock into a smoking room, stereo pair on one mount, magic lantern slide hand coloured. Work 9973.

The Northern Renaissance: a locked-up Shaker oval box, safety film still, a minute by streetlight. Work 9960.

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.

A lasagne with too many layers made of umibozu within a decorated initial letter, the Ottoman classical age, glow of a rheostat lamp. Work 9936.

An updated inset of an overseas possession beside a magenta warning lamp, the year the hull was closed out, the far end of the arm was never inspected, zincograph for a cheap pocket issue. Work 9932.

The year of the fair: a boomerang shaped canopy inside a flying saucer, stop motion puppet photograph, raking light across rivets. Work 9919.

A thermally-cycled sleeping station with a curtain beside an umbilical joining a ship to a station, the age of the long orbits, concept illustration in cold greys. Work 9865.

A trench cover slab lifted aside made of chainlink fence with a bowed top rail past a gatehouse window grille, the night the yard lamps stayed on, 6x7 negative on a night tripod frame. Work 9848.

A negative-printed table lamp with a nickel stem measured against a ruled scale, the Dessau years, composition of circle square triangle. Work 9847.

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.

A chart table flanked by two lamps and a uniform cuff with three brass buttons on a spread chart held by four weights, 1828, shift lens interior of a long room. Work 9771.

A pale mint cashier alone behind a lit window through a doorway with a numbered plate, the audit decade, the fountain had been dry for years, locked off interior cine frame. Work 9768.

A winter of modelling in 1962: a tissue glazed lifeboat davit against a green sea, daylight simulation from one hard lamp, rotogravure section printing. Work 9745.

Portrait on newsprint at speed of a press photograph reduced to a stencil, print photographed under a hard lamp, two colours out of register by a hair. Work 9737.