For over 50 years, Ken Cook has been striving to produce the highest quality photography possible. Ken is the third generation of a successful four-generation photography business. He joined the family business in 1954, near the end of the golden age of photography. He studied and mentored with the last of the great masters of the forties and fifties black and white era.
In 1956, Ken introduced color photography into his business, and has developed and printed his own work since 1959. In 1962, he was awarded the P.P.A. Master of Photography degree, and at that time was the youngest portrait master in the U.S. He has since then accumulated over 225 P.P.A. merits until his retirement from the lecture circuit in 1979.
Ken has taught advanced techniques at Winona School of Photography, Brookes Institute and at the Pacific Northwest School of Photography in Washington state. He has given two presentations at the P.P.A. National Convention, and has judged the P.P.A. National Print Competition five times. By 1979, Ken had given programs and lectures in 35 U.S. states, Canada, Germany and Austria.
Jason Cook
Since 1992, Jason has been studying and excelling in art and photography. Jason earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Photography in 1994 from San Francisco State University. That same year, Jason went to work with his father Ken, beginning the fourth generation learning the portrait business. Jason is considered one of the most accomplished young masters working today.
To see the work of both father and son, visit Cook's Photography.
TESTIMONIAL:
“I’m in love with Photogenic. They are the only lights we have in our studio. I am a third generation photographer and we bought our first Photogenic lights in the 1950’s when the first strobes were available. And you know what? Those lights are still working. Of course, we have upgraded, and now we are using PL1250’s and 2500’s which I think is the most perfect studio combination in existence. Most of our work is with parabolic reflectors, and the quality of light from Photogenic parabolics can’t be beat. The same thing is true of the Eclipse umbrellas. There isn’t anything better. The lights are durable. As a matter of fact, in the last 40 years, I can count the times they have been repaired on one hand. We won’t use any other lights.”
-Ken Cook
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