THE ALBERT COOPER COLLECTION // ROB MASON & JOSHUA BANNISTER
THE ALBERT COOPER Albert Cooper's life in photography begun when he was 14, now at 86 he can still be seen regularly taking a quick snap or cheering on Squires Gate. Albert's currently on his 15th year at the Gate and begun when Matthew started playing for the junior side.
Matthew is currently working on the 2nd gallery, focusing on Albert's time photographing Manchester United. The 1st gallery holds over 100 of Albert's images.
The class even had students in China watching students in the classroom actively using the VR headset and walking around Alberts Gallery, the joys of modern tech.
Since its creation the gallery has been used to show students at UCLAN university the For the last 2 years Matthew possibilities that VR can offer Alberts grandson has been within business. archiving Alberts work. He is continuously curating the work into The Albert Cooper Collection which can be found on Instagram.
Both the virtual reality design and Albert's content were greatly received. Over the last few months Albert and Matthew have donated several prints to local causes. The 1st print was of Tiger Woods, which was donated to Lytham Golf Academy, where Albert regularly took Matthew during childhood days out. The 2nd print was of Diego Maradona and it was donated to an annual fund raising event at Blackpool Football club hosted by Squires Gate.
Additionally the Albert Cooper Collection is being created into a virtual reality gallery, the 1st of which has been visited by around 1000 people.