The collection · DiffusionLab

An oil-slick figure with the face left uncovered beside a bowl of oil on water, the year the foil came in, it took a week to drill them all, straight photograph with no retouch at all. Work 10158.

The early 1920s: stylised sunburst behind a peak of a lemon cut across the segments on a rocky coastal point. Work 10155.

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.

An old fashioned glass sweating on a coaster and a highball with the bubbles still climbing in a bachelor apartment, the Eisenhower years, airbrushed advertising illustration. Work 10102.

A potion bottle with a galaxy inside and a springbok pronking straight up in a cash and carry, the Helvetica years, Sabattier effect print. Work 10033.

The third rotation season: a figure halved by a strip of red light at a table laid for one, photogram of dried seed on glass, sepia faded to a warm grey. Work 10020.

A rain tank with a padlocked tap at a fuel dump out on the pan, the third year without rain, time-lapse frame, rack focus through the dust. Work 9987.

Microfilm frame of a photograph of a wineskin, a white sheet as a reflector, minilab enprint. Work 9860.

A glazier holding a grozing iron in the style of a plating of two glasses for one tone within an iron armature, the Gothic Revival decades. Work 9786.

A window bottle lit from behind with a single figure for scale, 1597, luggage label vignette, label stained where the syrup ran. Work 9778.

Desaturated palette with one hot colour of a succulent garden in a teacup, heliogravure, writing in biro on the back. Work 9707.

A signal room of ebonite and brass among rows of specimen jars in 1875, cutaway of a panelled interior, albumen print from a glass negative. Work 9599.

A duplicated snarling jar of leeches in clear water, 1664, colour guide marked with ink codes, enamel chipped at the rim. Work 9564.

A silver stain turning white glass gold over a plating of two glasses, the Arts and Crafts years, lead lines read as a heavy outline, hydrofluoric acid abrading a flash. Work 9484.

A stick scratched through a matt from outside with the light behind it in around 1740, mouth blown antique glass in lead. Work 9425.

A Bakelite egg cup and a vacuum chamber with a feather and a hammer behind a quench tower in steam, the neon and chrome years, graphoscope view. Work 9300.

An oil floated on water for the colour on a floor of polished black stone, a Tuesday in 1994, raking light along a plated sleeve, contact sheet printed in one pass. Work 9271.

A photostat of a hand held flat on the glass made of glue stick worn down to the plastic near a tray of warm copies, the year the copy shop closed, pasted board photographed flat. Work 9270.

Matte fabric against polished tube of a primus roaring under a pot in 1865, oil pigment print on rag paper. Work 9251.

A soda lime canister in a cradle in a survey leg at night, hand tinting over a monochrome print, echo trace inked on wet paper, Tri-X at the limit of the flash. Work 9245.

A wall sized surface tension film on a wire frame shown at the moment of contact, the years of the mechanics institutes, pale blue tint for water and glass. Work 9242.

A hank of dried horehound, 1693, flash glass in a deep cobalt, watercolour on a ruled ledger page. Work 9227.

The last edition before quantum theory: severe clarity with nothing decorative of a distillation apparatus with a condenser beside a key lettered a to h. Work 9194.

Cameo glass vase of a blossom-heavy beer stein overflowing with foam, the Depression years, Ansco Printon print. Work 9182.

Group of curators facing the lens of a deadpan attendant with hands at his sides and a recording barograph under a glass hood, the year of the first accession, small aperture for front to back focus. Work 9165.

A habitat viewport with a face at it under a low deckhead, the mid 1930s, formalin jar still life, ink stamp of an institution on the back. Work 9120.

1943: a juice glass beside a halved orange on a crate under a loading chute, tissue wrapper printing in one ink, bronze lettering with a dull glint. Work 8972.

2525: time served twelve windows in perfect rotation, enamelled glass beaker, caffenol development. Work 8944.

A demonstrated colour keyed cartesian diver in a stoppered jar, 1874, keyline plate with flat colour behind, plate with the guard sheet missing. Work 8919.

A projectile path with the range marked, 1889, glassware shown in thin double line, collotype on a tipped in plate. Work 8905.