Parallaxes

The Archive — Source Materials

The raw papers we work from.

Photographs, letters, memorabilia, maps, travel notes, family documents, found images. Catalogued slowly, and never finished.

Family polaroids strewn on a wooden table
KindTitlePlaceYear
PhotographAnselm, Portrait No. 12Paris1982
LetterCorrespondence from M., undatedMarseillec. 1974
MemorabiliaTicket stub, Cinémathèque FrançaiseParis1989
MapHand-drawn route to Kōya-sanWakayama2014
Travel NoteFog, fourth gate (notebook fragment)Kōya-san2014
Family DocumentGrandmother's address bookBerlin1958
Found ImageEnvelope of 43 unlabelled portraitsBerlinc. 1965
PhotographVelvet Oracle, contact sheet ILondon1979

Selected Plates from the Archive

Anselm, Portrait No. 12

Anselm, Portrait No. 12

Paris, France / 1982

The Path to Kōya-san

The Path to Kōya-san

Wakayama, Japan / 2014

August 14, Inherited Memory

August 14, Inherited Memory

Berlin, Germany / 1958

The Void at Land's End

The Void at Land's End

Cornwall, UK / 2021

Velvet Oracle, Plate I

Velvet Oracle, Plate I

London, UK / 1979

After the Window

After the Window

Lisbon, Portugal / 2019

Concrete Study No. 4

Concrete Study No. 4

Berlin, Germany / 2017

Shadow on Brick Lane

Shadow on Brick Lane

London, UK / 2023