Meet Zeno.
After being surrendered by his owner, Zeno has spent more than a year waiting at Red Door Animal Shelter for someone to choose him.
And somehow, after all this time, he’s still soft. Still trusting. Still hopeful.
Cats like Zeno don’t need perfection. They just need someone willing to see them.
Seen. Heard. Loved.
📍 Red Door Animal Shelter
🐾 Available for adoption
Meet Zeno.
After being surrendered by his owner, Zeno has spent more than a year waiting at Red Door Animal Shelter for someone to choose him.
And somehow, after all this time, he’s still soft. Still trusting. Still hopeful.
Cats like Zeno don’t need perfection. They just need someone willing to see them.
Seen. Heard. Loved.
📍 Red Door Animal Shelter
🐾 Available for adoption
Welcome to The See Hear Love Project™.
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Created by Chicago photographer and animal communicator Candice C. Cusic, this one-of-a-kind project combines animal communication and fine-art portraiture to help foster animals be seen, heard, and adopted.
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Each story begins with connection.
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Seen. Heard. Loved.
Honored to speak with WGN’s Spotlight Chicago about The See Hear Love Project™ — a one-of-a-kind series combining animal communication and fine-art portraiture to help foster animals be seen, heard, and adopted.
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Seen. Heard. Loved.
“I have a bed and a blanket now.”
She didn’t always.
This is Tootsie.
Available for adoption at @hinsdalehumanesociety
The See Hear Love Project™
Level up.
The See Hear Love Project on WGN’s Spotlight Chicago. Check back soon for the full interview!
Meet Tootsie 💛
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Surrendered by her owner, Tootsie arrived at Hinsdale Humane Society with little to no information about her past. That’s where we stepped in.
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Nicole, Administrative Manager at Hinsdale Humane Society, brought Tootsie to us and is part of this moment you’re seeing—helping us begin to understand who Tootsie really is.
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The See Hear Love Project is the only project that combines animal communication and professional photography—helping uncover each dog’s story and showing who they truly are.
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Now it’s Tootsie’s turn to be seen for exactly who she is 💫
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Seen. Heard. Loved.
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#SeeHearLove #SeeHearLoveProject #RescueStory #AdoptDontShop
Avalanche didn’t start life this way.
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Rescued from a hoarding situation through @reddoorshelter, his world was once crowded, uncertain, and far from safe.
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But something beautiful happened—
his foster saw him… and never let him go.
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Avalanche is now home.
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Seen. Heard. Loved.
Located in downtown Chicago.
1821 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60622
By appointment only
info@cusicphoto.com
Available for travel internationally, for pets & family photography, and education for photographers. Send us a note for details or reach us by phone at 312-248-2939.
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