The one born in St.Helens in 1961.
In the late 1980s I looked after this Bakelite radio for Patrick Cook. It is sat on the mantlepiece in a room I rented in Brockley, London. I did not want to give this back at it was an object of wonder, form and function but also beauty.
Photographed onto a sheet of 10″x 8″ black and white film on a Gandolfi studio camera using the front portion of a convertible 360mm lens.
Items from the Patrick Cook Collection, later 1980s.
Horseman LX monorail camera, Nikon 150mm Lens, Fujichrome 100 ASA Provia film E6 5″x4″ Transparency.
Egg cups and props from the Patrick Cook collection
Radio from the Patrick Cook collection. Taken in his artist studio in Brockley, London, late 1980s
Shot on a Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera, 150mm Nikon lens, Bowens flash.
Patrick very kindly let me use his artist studio to take pictures of his collection.
Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera Nikon 150mm lens shot on Fuji Velvia film.
Bakelite products from the Patrick Cook collection, Brockley London late 1980s.
I met the artist Patrick Cook whilst volunteering at the Age Exchange in Blackheath. He very kindly let me photograph his studio and collection of early plastics, this is one of a few images based around egg cups.
