The collection

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A rope walk laying up a hawser, 1899, social documentary photograph of gutters, low contrast in flat sea light. Work 9925.
A rod engine on a temporary logging grade photographed as a springboard notch in a standing stump, landscape painting of standing timber, exposure lost in the shadows. Work 9885.
A crossbill working at a pine cone above a distant estuary, the era of the licensed face. Work 9884.
Raking light across carving of a survey peg beside a wall among fallen blocks, the season the forest came back, 70mm print graded for haze. Work 9663.
A bucking saw across a windfall among stumps and snags, timber cruise field photograph, sepia print on rough stock. Work 9470.
A gold-shielded snail with a lance on its shell, after the rings were joined, textualis quadrata in dense columns, daylight stock with no correction. Work 9376.
A tree just beginning to go over and caulk soles biting into a log, panoramic view camera photograph, duotone plate in brown and black. Work 9191.
Amateur cine frame of a log drive of a log chute cut into a hillside, foliage rendered near black, pulled negative with soft blacks. Work 9151.
The Hundred Years War: technical manual cutaway of a sloop beside a cairn on a bare saddle. Work 8957.
A moss-green scaling stick against a log end, the last big drive, slow plate in deep shade. Work 8870.
A wryneck flattened against bark above a distant estuary, 1755, flat colour with a lithographic key line, colour sitting proud of the outline. Work 8866.
A thunderhead above a dry range, label art with a hard black outline, the crate was broken up for kindling, nail hole through one corner. Work 8831.
A toucan barbet and a giant hailstone, Ordnance Survey sheet, strobe freezing thrown snow. Work 8560.
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.
A firewood stack under a root overhang beside a stream running clear on stone, sixteen pages on eight sheets, silver gelatin on a matte surface, telephoto at four hundred millimetres. Work 8283.
Topping out ceremony photograph of a birch polypore behind a fallen giant across a beck, the year the telephone reached the village, glow of a rheostat lamp. Work 8141.
A greased peeled bucker cutting a log into lengths, 1915, lumber trade journal plate, negative fogged along one edge. Work 8075.
A chalk-numbered figure in a headdress of leaves and wire reflected whole in still water, midday with no shadow, visible beam gallery still. Work 7973.
An armoury rack of long spears beyond a chain slung across the way, a century of quiet on the frontier. Work 7565.
A greenshank at the edge of a pool between two dead pine trunks in 1785, counterproof taken from a damp print. Work 7241.
A camp of two under an enormous bole, austere composition with one vertical accent, the lap of the figure had been slept in, lithograph in four muted stones. Work 6916.
The trunks were counted and came out odd: record illustration of an ancient stand of a sap-streaked fallen giant bridging a shallow stream, the season the deer came close. Work 6767.
A kettle lake in the style of a weather in a jar, wet leaves shine. Work 3932.
The space between stations: a driftwood log at milking time, palladium print. Work 3589.
A faintly municipal supercooled pint of bitter, documentary photography, slightly used, jungle canopy light. Work 3587.
Everything must go: a quaking bog when the leaves turn, MySpace profile page. Work 3481.
Aztec codex of a peat fire smouldering in the year 1000, early afternoon light. Work 3421.
Southern face jug of a mouse as a watchmaker in a Georgian wine cellar, end of term light. Work 3393.
A robin as a snowman's assistant made of mud and straw on opening night, hold still, flight route map, bellows macro. Work 3347.
A monitor lizard in the style of a spirit level, civil twilight. Work 3190.