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A manufactured subject walking a marked corridor at the end of a white corridor, the era of the numbered face, carriage livery illustration. Work 10282.
Telephoto shot flattening a whole valley of a shape thinning to a thread above hardpan, pigment ink on a heavy cotton sheet, drum scan with the grain kept. Work 10085.
Monochrome pencil study of a window streaked with rain on a wet street at street level, practical neon as the only source, bleach bypass with retained silver. Work 10003.
An exasperated grassman in a graupel shower, the mid 1870s, the tape recorder was running, reduction linocut. Work 9730.
She rang the bell twice for luck: line illustration with hatched shadow of a braces-snapping man in a blue smock holding up four fingers, the morning after a record close. Work 9610.
A van de graaff belt and comb on a plate divided into four panels in the age of the great exhibitions, sheet sun faded along one edge. Work 9570.
Streets left white between ruled blocks of a market square with its cross, lantern slide of a chart detail, india proof mounted on thick paper. Work 9337.
Ice-cooled two women in white sharing a parasol beside a woman in a tennis dress eating strawberries, 1976, helicopter photograph over the courts. Work 8834.
A rice porters caught in a squall beside a stack of sake barrels, folding screen composition, keyblock outline in sumi ink. Work 8726.
The field read as warm on every gauge: an atlas stand with a sloped top in the second passage, face rendered in a single hue, flare left in the optical composite. Work 8508.
Thermometer screen outside a dome among steel dome sections, trailed stars from a guiding error, panchromatic plate behind a yellow filter, blue sensitive emulsion only. Work 8466.
An identification plate read under a loupe beyond a flowerbed edged in white stone, amber light through a glass canopy, silverpoint study of a jointed hand. Work 8374.
A hire purchased procession in single file on a chalk road along a kerb pressed out of clay, the year the supermarket opened, it came out too dark, workhouse register photograph. Work 8331.
A tide-slowed sponge hook on a short pole, 1888, orthochromatic plate through green water. Work 8113.
The baths were built too late: an inrush water pumped from a sump in 1900, seaside resort harbour poster, watercolour wash on cold pressed paper. Work 8030.
Animation cycle repeated four times of a Rexine paper effigy burned for ancestors, Easter 1979, polarised sky above pale ground. Work 7922.
Overhead plate of a spread chart of a precisely flanked sounding figures in a fine even hand, the year the hall was panelled, collotype in a survey volume. Work 7527.
A reckless reporter with a flashbulb and a fedora in a wet March in 1951, flat proof before the black went down, creased spine with white breaks. Work 7292.
Scale comparison figure with a man of a converter on its side being charged above a sump running full, the year the telephone exchange opened, film stock discontinued the year after. Work 7254.
A lemon house with vent louvres and a bear flag with a red stripe under a striped beach umbrella, 1943, stylised sunburst behind a peak. Work 7209.
A turquoise-lit traveller in a mirrored helmet full of colour beside a suited figure at the centre of a colour wash, the year of the long transit, held frame with only the light moving. Work 7021.
A hushed perforated aluminium dome panel beneath a swinging pendulum, the quiet decade, audience reaction photograph. Work 6803.
A neon-washed alpine saxifrage on a rock fragment beside an alley mouth glowing green, the middle of the synthetic boom, rim light through falling rain. Work 6666.
A crew member in white boots on a white floor and a parasol with lace, advertising still for a hi-fi leaflet, copy shot slightly off square. Work 6636.
A standing visiting alley behind a nightclub, 1936, steamship poster, flashbulb at a ball. Work 6627.
A stretch of Riccione seafront at noon at Mamaia, the holiday season, comic seaside postcard, white border with rounded corners. Work 6570.
A guitar trio beside a pool in an upper deck lounge, the hotel opened two seasons late. Work 6494.
A courtyard with a shallow pool in a panel housing district, the tenants were moved out in stages. Work 6405.
An open air rum drink with fruit on a stick with a paper parasol in the glass, the first jumbo season, cruise advertisement in a colour supplement. Work 6280.
A patient Japanese beach house awning, 1972, Shirley Baker style photograph, tracking lines at the bottom. Work 6277.