BIO

Lucia Cooper first picked up an SLR camera in the early 1980’s.  Trained by David Cavagnaro, Larry West and John Shaw, she focused primarily on travel and nature photography.  Even so, her eye for line and geometry are evident in her early work.

After more than a decade away from photography due to the pressure of her work as a systems designer, Lucia returned to photography in 2004 with the purchase of her first digital SLR camera.  In fact, she did what is never recommended—she read the user’s manual for her new digital camera on the plane to China where she would use her new camera for the first time. 

Back from China, she found some top coaches—Rob Sheppard for Lightroom, George DeWolfe for fine art printing, Bruce Percy for portfolio development, and Sharon Tenenbaum for Photoshop and architectural photography.  With this training under her belt, Lucia's unique style has flourished.

Continuing to emphasize line and geometry, her work has become more minimalistic and abstract over time, and she was recently invited to exhibit her work at Case Western Reserve's Weatherhead School of Management.

Shooting with Nikon equipment and printing with an Epson 3880 photo printer on Hahnamuhle papers, Lucia continues to explore new techniques that challenge traditional perspectives. Her compositions, marked by a careful interplay of form and space, convey a sense of balance and peace, inviting viewers to find harmony within the simplicity of her images.