The collection · DiffusionLab

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 figure between the slab and the sun, a late year of the survey, brutal contrast of black and pale, print struck to hold the sky white. Work 9836.

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.

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

Study of one silhouette lit from behind of a figure in a crest of peacock eye feathers in a week with the studio to itself, grain visible only in the black. Work 9649.

A marshaller's long shadow on a strip against a violet dawn, the week of low sun, scale study of machine and sun, reversal stock exposed for the sky. Work 9500.

Courtyard sunk two floors into rock among unfinished floor plates, split-toned print with cool shadows, 5x7 negative with a rising front, lith print with a hard shoulder. Work 9378.

Studied scale contrast of a figure crossing a threshold of pure white along a corridor with no shadow in it, glossy resin coated print, large negative with almost no grain. Work 9185.

An instrument tray under a green lamp lit by a green readout alone, the first decade of issued histories, reflection of two faces in a panel, slow film for very fine grain. Work 8974.

A wind-raked rock-cut gallery running the length of a block, the second building programme, chiaroscuro on a blank wall, shadow placed on the second zone. Work 8948.

A dune-crossing white noon with no shadow to walk in along a knife-edged dune crest, the season the wells all held, the train crossed its own track, keyframe illustration of a long crossing. Work 8869.

The age of hard shadow: frontal composition with the figure centred of a spoke tunnel running out to a rim deck beside a vent hissing steadily. Work 8857.

A survey team laying out a baseline across a plain of dark gravel, after the last team went home, reflection of sky on a smooth flank, digital plate finished at 6K. Work 8777.

Render with one hard shadow edge of a board marks left in a poured wall in after the surface was given up, stopped down for a deep focus field. Work 8578.

The spring the globes arrived, a globe varnish gone faintly amber amid ranging rods in a stack, Kodachrome with dusty pink plaster, copperplate engraving on damp pressed paper. Work 8476.

A brass line running the length of a floor within a border of alternate light and dark, Kodamatic Trimprint, exposed for the highlights, NTSC video frame. Work 8299.

Ultra wide composition with two thirds sky of a salt-stiffened column of figures crossing a dune crest, a week of unbroken white sky, five perf 65mm stock rated slow. Work 8203.

A black slab standing upright on a plain alongside a wall running out of sight in after the last team went home, raking light on a featureless face, halation glowing round a bright edge. Work 8121.

It was over before the light changed: a procession photographed from the front in the hour the light came up grey, study of felt and metal together, transparency viewed on a light box. Work 7817.

Atmospheric layering cinematography of a boatman standing with one pole among buttress roots, negative developed by inspection, still photographer's colour negative. Work 7775.

Blueprint elevation of floor-length poker between matched bollards on a jetty in the Brutalist years. Work 7747.

A rose patterned shadow of a tower across a courtyard in the winter of 1961, matte bromide print, Fujichrome with the greens forward. Work 7712.

A shadow running over pale sand across a huge orange sky in the morning after the rain stopped, horizontal blue flare streak. Work 7404.

An axe-squared face wrapped against the reflected sun in the short season of good crust, carbon print in a single black pigment, screen print in black over white stock. Work 6859.

A brass lamp at each end of a table, sectional figure of a theodolite, a messenger waited all morning for it, chromolitho in ochre and pale mint. Work 6695.

A school hall with clerestory glazing along an access deck, hard midday sun on concrete, grey sky with no shadow, dusk exposure with the lights on. Work 6476.

The year the reef was still clear, a passenger stepping onto the tarmac in sunglasses in a Samarkand tiled courtyard, super eight home movie film, tropical sun at noon with hard shadows. Work 6306.

A dry lake bed in white glare at the foot of a rusted water tower, 16mm blow-up frame, bounce off a salt pan. Work 6294.

Pen and ink illustration of a lettering painted on frosted glass under a street lamp in the fog, eight to one lighting ratio, haze in a hard backlight. Work 6104.

35mm black and white film still of a silhouetted blotter stained with ink, the 1940s, hard key with no fill. Work 5954.