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Check out the news articles that feature Chicago Pet and Family Photographer Candice C. Cusic Photography!

 

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Featured in Block Club Chicago

 

There’s A West Town Photo Studio Where You Can Get Authentic Family Photos With Your Pet

 

Chicago-based photographer Candice Cusic specializes in taking heartwarming photos that capture the special love and bond between families and their fur babies.

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Featured in WGN Radio 720

 

Have you ever wanted a place that takes authentic family pet photos? There's a studio in West Town just for you.

 

Candice Cusic, owner of Candice Cusic Photography, joins Lisa Dent to talk about how her background in photojournalism helped her approach creating heartwarming pet photos and how you and your family can have that special photo session with your furry friend.

 

Featured in PBS News Hour

 

Putting a face in front of Chicago's shuttered businesses

 

Like so many neighborhoods in America, Chicago's West Town has been largely shut down due to the coronavirus. But photographer Candice Cusic hopes she can put a face in front of the closed doors and dark windows of her neighborhood.

PPA, professional Photographer

 

Bold Evolution

 

Life is defined by transitions. How you shift from one stage to the next determines so much about your success and happiness. Candice C. Cusic understands this well. A former photojournalist for the Chicago Tribune, Cusic has embraced change in her career, engineering one transition after another to ultimately captain a thriving photography business from her dream studio in Chicago.

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Featured in ABC eyewitness news

 

Photography campaign features West Town small businesses affected by Chicago coronavirus stay-at-home order

 

The Illinois stay-at-home order to combat the spread of coronavirus has left many businesses shuttered. A photographer is showcasing the faces behind the shuttered storefronts in West Town, hoping to give these local businesses a voice during a tough time.

Featured in Block Club Chicago

 

After Launching "Save Local" series during pandemic, West Town photographer is following up with business owners 2 years later.

 

"I wanted to see the happy ending. ... I wanted to see how people fared and how the community supported them," Candice Cusic said.

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Chicago Pet Photographer

SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
Every foster animal has something to say.
Maggie’s animal communication session inspired the beginning of The See Hear Love Project™—and many more voices will follow.
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Dama may be in a wheelchair, but her spirit is unstoppable.

Through The See Hear Love Project™, her voice and her story are shared—so she can be truly seen, heard, and adopted. 

Thank you @sayvanimals for giving her the chance she deserves.  Thank you @salvageone for welcoming us to photograph Dama in your beautiful space. She was a little nervous Nelly that day, so we finished her session in the studio. We’re so grateful for your support in helping animals like Dama be seen, heard, and adopted. ❤️🐾
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SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
This is Nala the cat. 🐾
Her reading wasn’t about adoption — it was about understanding.
Animal communication reveals what our pets are truly feeling.
Would you want to know what your cat is thinking?
Something extraordinary is beginning.
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The See Hear Love Project™ gives foster animals more than a portrait—it gives them a voice. Through animal communication and photography, their stories will finally be shared with the world.
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Follow along as we change lives, one portrait at a time.
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#chicagoshelterdogs 
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SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
Meet Trixie — the very first foster animal to launch The See Hear Love Project™.

Rescued from Chicago Animal Care & Control and safe today thanks to @darkhorsedogs, Trixie opened her heart during her animal communication session and shared her wish: a forever family to love her gentle spirit.

Her story begins The See Hear Love Project — a movement that combines fine-art portraiture with animal communication to help foster animals be truly seen, heard, and adopted.

This October, in honor of National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Trixie’s story highlights the countless foster animals still waiting to be adopted.

Follow along as more animals share their voices — and please share Trixie’s story to help her find her forever home.

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SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
🐾 After Maggie’s first animal communication session, her words surprised us all.
But what she shared next was just as powerful…
This famous Chicago dog (@maggieandherdads )reminded us why animals deserve to be seen, heard, and loved. 
Her voice helped inspire The See Hear Love Project™ — a campaign giving foster animals a chance to tell their own stories through communication and fine-art portraiture.
Follow along to hear the voices of animals still waiting for a home.
#SeeHearLoveProject #AnimalCommunication #chicagoshelterdogs 
#adoptlocal 
#rescuelocal 
#chicagodogs 
#chicagodogswithoutjobs 

SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
🐾 What happens when a famous dog finally speaks?
When Chicago’s beloved Maggie (@maggieandherdads) had her first animal communication session, she surprised us all with a message about her family:
“They’re my boys too. They don’t belong to everyone.”
She was talking about her dads — claiming them as her own.
That moment became the spark for The See Hear Love Project™ — the first campaign to combine animal communication with fine-art portraiture to help foster animals be truly seen, heard, and loved.
Follow along to hear the voices of animals waiting for a home.
#SeeHearLoveProject #AnimalCommunication #FosterSavesLives #chicagoshelterdogs 
#adoptlocal 
#rescuelocal 
#chicagodogs 
#chicagodogswithoutjobs 

SEEN. HEARD. LOVED.
The countdown is almost over.
Tomorrow, the very first story drops — and it’s one you’ll never forget.
Follow along as we take the next step toward The See Hear Love Project™.
#SeeHearLoveProject #AnimalCommunication #FosterSavesLives #ChicagoDogs #AdoptDontShop

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