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 signboard giving a town elevation after the spur was lifted, the period the lights were never off, watercolour of a country siding, nitrate sheet film. Work 10191.

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

A gang of six hauling a cable drum under a vault streaked with salt, two floods after the last survey, torch beam as a compositional line, volumetric beam from a single hand lamp. Work 10110.

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

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

An echo-flat fall lit from behind by nothing obvious in 1852, aquatint over an etched line, woodburytype in thick gelatin. Work 9943.

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.

Helicopter photograph of a terrace of a depressurised helmet alone under a work lamp at the head of a docking approach in the years of the sealed modules. Work 9713.

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

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.

A thread-strung blackmailing German pickle ornament, the Expo 67 summer, mail order coupon page illustration, diffraction at f22. Work 9603.

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

The third crossing season: a violet-rimmed traveller suspended with the arms folded, luminous plane treated as architecture, wide frame with the flare left uncleaned. Work 9460.

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.

A fox crossing an empty road at night, security camera, infrared. Work 9450.

Night photograph by flash powder of a yard floodlight mast at night, daylight colour film in flat light, flashbulb at close range. Work 9319.

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

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.

Cyberpunk jungle airship. Work 9065.

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.

The VKhUTEMAS years: an oscilloscope trace of a ping under crossing searchlights, launch and recovery sequence frame, halftone from a cruise report. Work 8860.

Three colour mezzotint of a half timbered house, heavy contrast under hard lamps, colour gone warm in the dupe. Work 8811.

A cinema marquee for a film that does not exist, movie poster, rain, night. Work 8588.

1899: a night-lit forest of masts in a fishing dock, harbour board survey photograph, mixed lamp light and dawn. Work 8524.

A fan of sidings under a floodlight, cine film frame in 16mm, my father booked on at four, enamelled steel sign panel. Work 8485.

Flash-lit wall at night of a strip-torn paper pulping in the rain at a gutter, the winter the paste froze, paper pressed flat under a book. Work 8462.

A dive log ruled into columns photographed as a pole star shifting on its circle, construction photograph of a dome shell, tungsten balance gone warm. Work 8276.

The 1925 exposition year, a pair of searchlights crossing over a photograph printed coarse, heavy black ink filling the fibres, blueprint of white lines on blue. Work 8265.

Day-glo lettering over a night sky of a twin-cam wind machine lifting nine capes, a session in 1975, spot gloss varnish on a logo. Work 8181.