The collection

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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.
A steel-skinned comet tail over a dome in 1897, flash powder light in a dome, print faded to a warm brown. Work 9871.
A self-propelled combine in tall wheat and an elevator fire at night, farm survey photograph, scan taken from an original negative. Work 9363.
A many-layered water skin swaying against a flank beside a dust hanging where a column passed, the years the route ran north, telephoto compression along a crest. Work 9273.
The year the floodlights were installed: a figure halfway down an excavation wall above a cordon nobody crosses, hard raking light across raked dust, negative exposed for the dust haze. Work 9168.
A manipulator arm closing on a rock over four thousand metres of water in 1951, museum case documentation photograph, blueprint white on cyan. Work 8933.
Miners gala souvenir print of a downcast shaft in cold air under a chimney by the boiler house, the last year of hand hewing, ferrotyped gloss print. Work 8730.
A bay-deep drip line falling from a vault rib in an age of one drip and no other sound, magnesium flash used once in a dark bay, charcoal with a stump on laid paper. Work 8562.
A tide-slowed sponge hook on a short pole, 1888, orthochromatic plate through green water. Work 8113.
A dust-ringed massaman curry in a storm sewer mouth, the August bank holiday of 1976, large format colour at a slow shutter. Work 7089.
A smudge-smoked wave tank with a ripple pattern, the year before the electron was named, blue holding while the yellow went. Work 6875.
Black and white film still of a garden hose coiled on gravel, mould spots on the negative, chiaroscuro with crushed blacks. Work 6366.
The VHS years: a bleach smelling sugar refinery, culvert inspection photograph, magnesium flash powder. Work 6333.
A sleepless manhole venting white steam at the bottom of a light well, the first winter of the curfew, neo-noir film still. Work 5809.
A foundry pour seen from the gantry, long exposure, orange light. Work 5803.
High-contrast colour photograph of a salt-crusted pursuit sedan with an exposed blower beside a capped dry bore in the end of the age of engines. Work 5705.
A dust devil crossing a field, telephoto, heat haze. Work 5257.
A blowhole spouting at high tide made of Land Rover, mid-century, double exposure, sienna tones. Work 4965.
A dust devil crossing a field, telephoto, heat haze. Work 4789.
A foundry pour seen from the gantry, long exposure, orange light. Work 4535.
A bottled cloud, Pollock drip canvas, houndstooth, cooling tower plume. Work 4496.
A tea-stained dust devil crossing a field at the start of term, Bauhaus axonometric, no running in the corridor, warm highlights. Work 4420.
A mining underground lake standing on its hind legs, fantasy realm map, lens fog. Work 3999.
A bronze statue with a traffic cone on its head and a contrail in a tornado, macaroni art. Work 3803.
A dust devil crossing a field, telephoto, heat haze. Work 3607.
A waterspout seen from a ferry, telephoto, grey sea. Work 3102.
A burnished ramshackle ceremonial mace, zoom burst photograph, the river in reverse, jump cut. Work 2950.
Retro comic style artwork, John Bauer forest painting, oxyacetylene torch. Work 2838.
A lace barograph under dripping trees, slow motion replay, geyser steam, veiling glare. Work 2447.
A fountain full of washing up liquid foam made of drinking fountain, still, dog licence, colour gels. Work 2404.