 Deakin subsequently abandoned painting for making collages and sculptures in the 1960s.Deakin, nevertheless, continued to photograph many of the major figures in the Soho art scene during the 1950s and 1960s, including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Eduardo Paolozzi.Though the two had a difficult personal relationship, Bacon held Deakin's work in high regard.