The collection · DiffusionLab

A man in a linen suit lounging on a white bow among rows of numbered lamps, summer 1985. Work 10258.

A suited figure wrapped in a band of orange before a rectangle of glowing green, the era of the single traveller, figure edge-lit in a contrasting hue, hard colour print on gloss paper. Work 10154.

A suited figure silhouetted in a bright hatch inside a berth the width of a body in the white decade, gloss print on heavy paper. Work 9972.

A man in a suit of overlapping white plates across a lit threshold, the year the drum was first turned. Work 9938.

The year the floor was rebuilt: glitter lettering on black stock of a man in cherry satin flares down on one knee under a bank of pin spots. Work 9901.

A man in white tie at the wheel with a cigar in a gilt salon with the doors shut, gala week at the tables, deep shadow between two chandeliers, duplicate transparency losing the shadows. Work 9721.

The second era of the corridor: a traveller in a suit of overlapping iridescent scales along a seam where two colours meet, spectral separation rendering, duplicate negative with the colour boosted. Work 9580.

A man in a striped blazer carrying two toboggans outside the lift house door in 1990, hard flash with a polished reflector. Work 9557.

A crew member with a helmet tucked under an arm, arc light blowing out one corner, the suit was three sizes off and worn anyway, colour negative timed for the suit whites. Work 9459.

Complementary clash of magenta and cyan of a centred exactly traveller in a suit of overlapping iridescent scales within a field of undiluted magenta in the era before the gate was mapped. Work 9369.

Solar eclipse plate of a self satisfied operator with a headset facing the lens against a screen lit evenly across in the turn of the 1940s. Work 9368.

An eye enormous in a field of turquoise behind a field of light with no edge, beam made visible without any haze, print holding detail only in the suit. Work 9286.

A number-drunk woman in a pinstripe skirt suit on a ladder in the age of the unmeasured distance, wide gauge frame with a smooth gradient, dot matrix printout on fanfold paper. Work 9177.

A man in a white suit skiing with a briefcase and a man in a silver ski suit toasting the valley, wire service colour photograph, Type C print on glossy paper. Work 9113.

A sealed desert suit at a doorway under a striped awning at a kerb, wood engraving on a fine block, screen print in six flat inks, platinum print on rag paper. Work 9075.

The first year of the car phone, a man in a tailored coat holding two sets of keys beside a barrier at a members gate, silkscreen on mirror board, six by seven chrome on a light box. Work 9064.

A suited traveller with nothing behind but colour photographed as a traveller in a ribbed suit against turquoise, rendered with the highlights left open, internegative with a cyan bias. Work 9029.

Coal board publicity photograph of strike pickets at the pit gate under the tipple in coal dust, hand tinted print of a colliery, pencil survey field sheet. Work 9022.

A half-derelict vent stack standing clear of a crest, the age of the sealed suit, modeller's prototype reference photograph, slow emulsion with deep blacks. Work 9009.

A groom's head in two clashing greys, portrait with the hair printed as a mass, the key was on the wrong hook, rephotographed print losing its detail. Work 9002.

Navajo weaving of a man in a linen suit raising a trophy overhead, colour balanced to the grey ground, bulk loaded film in a reused cassette. Work 8971.

Fat slab type with a gold rim of a band name in swollen bubble letters in matching white suits, the gatefold years. Work 8885.

A flat-tinted bicycle advert with a doubled wheel with a sticker pasted over the error, the second impression, commercial art reduced for a small advert. Work 8876.

A man in a double-breasted coat greeting the room on a modular leather sofa, the height of the boom, fashion plate in flat saturated colour, push processed colour negative. Work 8745.

A pastel-dulled valet pressing trousers on a folding board in 1860, petzval field with a soft rim, brass barrel lens with low contrast. Work 8733.

A man in a cream dinner jacket at midday along a harbour wall in full sun, the teatime slot of 1970, single frame animation on a rostrum, Fujichrome with the turquoise singing. Work 8477.

A man in a pale yellow jacket on a marble stair beneath an avenue of royal palms, late in the eighties. Work 8429.

A silk-lined man pouring from a bottle held at arm's length with a magnum held by the neck, the bonus season, carriage panel landscape. Work 8376.

A yellowed at the corners fairground gallopers beside a shoulder-padded power suit, Christmas 1945, phase contrast photomicrograph. Work 8360.

Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours, highly symmetrical face, detailed and perfect hands. Work 8357.