QU Professor Creates Photo Book

From QU: Lisa Cuchara, professor of biomedical sciences at Quinnipiac University, and her husband, Tom, have collaborated on a new photo book, “Create Fine Art Photographs from Historic Places and Rusty Things.”

The Cucharas, Hamden residents who also own BREA Photos on Dixwell Avenue, see the beauty in decay and abandonment.

“My husband and I love rust, urban exploration, abandoned places and history,” Lisa Cuchara said.

The book, published by Amherst Media takes readers on a guided journey of historic, grand, dramatic and unique locations throughout the United States and provides tips to help others capture creative fine-art photographs of rusty, dusty subjects and locations. The authors share their processes, the gear they used, the camera settings, the stories behind the scenes, and how they pre-visualized their images and looked for or created light in each location.

The book features about 180 photographs of urban exploration, including shots of Grand Central Terminal in New York City and the neo-Gothic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

“Few people actually stop to appreciate beautiful prison architecture or the jaw-dropping details of Grand Central, a place that they might even rush through twice a day, Lisa Cuchara said.

Lisa Cuchara has taught at Quinnipiac since 2006, and teaches a course in biomedical photography for the pathology assistant program. She also taches photography at regional and national photography conferences.

The book is currently available at Amazon.com.

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