2022-2023 Magazine Images
Cassy and Mac Stump play in a wheelbarrow in the front yard of their home. They live with their parents and aunt in Shade, Ohio, in Lodi Township. Since the closing of the Shade School in 2005, kids in Shade have fewer opportunities to meet other children in their town. Fortunately for the Stump children, they are surrounded by siblings and cousins that fill the gap. | Hannah Clark
Children from the Amish community outside Amesville, OH, play scatterball before Sunday supper in Joseph Yoder's front yard February 19,2023. | Max Correa
Amish children take school lessons in a converted home February 22, 2023. Because there are only two teachers in the Amesville Amish Parochial School, the room is split into first through fourth grade and fifth through cighth grade. | Max Correa
Cynthiana, KY; Rylee Brooks left and Wesley Terry, right ride the Superman fair ride at the Harrison County Fair on July 18, 2022. The two have known each other since 6th grade and spent the evening with a group of friends spending time at the fair. | Tanner Pearson
Austin Hagler pinches Jason Grabers face while hanging out in an empty car lot in Athens, OH on October 30, 2022. Seven of us, including myself, rode in an SUV to the New Lexington demolition derby. "We almost died," Jason tells Austin, "The whole trailer slid around a curve and (Kenny) almost hit someone coming down the hill." Attached to the SUV is an unstable trailer carrying the smashed derby car held together by a few ratchet straps. While pulling out of New Marshfield our driver came close to hitting another truck. | Walker Smith
Harshwardan celebrates Holi with other members of the Athens community by throwing colored powder at each other on Ohio University's South Green on March 4, 2023 Harshwardan's friend pours red powder in his hair. | Megan VanVlack
Members of the Athens community celebrate Holi together on Ohio University's South Green with colorful powder on March 4, 2023. | Megan VanVlack
Abbe Turner has always loved nature. Ever since she was a little girl, she was always outside. "I've always felt a strong connection to the land. Where I grew up in Toledo, there was a woods behind my house. And that's where we spent our summers. We weren't addicted to screens; we were playing outside and we built forts and collected tadpoles and had toad races and did all sorts of wonderful things. When! was about 9, all of a sudden they put up this concrete wall and they built high story condominiums in my woods. I was like, if l ever have the opportunity, I want to own land and I want to raise my children with the ability to play outside, get dirty all seasons, be in touch with nature and animals and run barefoot. Abbe raised three children with her former husband on a 14 acre farm in Garrettsville, Ohio. The family lived an old farmhouse, where their children, Madeline, Lily, and Ezra, could run wild. "This, to me, is my definition of success," Abbe told me, pointing to a worn photo print. The picture was idylic: the three children playing with their kid goats beneath an apple tree. Abbe spends much of her time with Warren Taylor, her partner. Warren founded Snowville Creamery, a popular organic milk brand. Warren and Abbe have to commute to see one another, with Abbe's home being in Plain City and Warren's being in Meigs County. The couple enjoy cooking together and foraging for ingredients in the woods. Warren is also a partner in Mushroom Harvest Provisions, a company that Abbe purchased in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Mushroom Harvest Provisions is a network of small farmers that grow produce for different restaurants. The company focuses on providing fresh, quality ingredients grown without pesticides. | Pearl Spurlock
Pearl Spurlock
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Lucy Atkins moved to Shade from Heron, Ontario. "The blue sky is mine, she tells me. "I've asked Jesus for it and it's my blessing every day." | Hannah Clark
John Brown, 42, on his 11th anniversary of recovery on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Portsmouth, Ohio. Brown works as an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist for The Counseling Center in Portsmouth, Ohio, and is completing his masters in social work at Ohio University. | Leslie Ostronic
Worshipers celebrate Ethiopian Constitution Day on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Columbus, Ohio. "We commemorate this day because God reveals himself to the sons of man, but we also commemorate this day as a reminder of what it means to be faithful even in the harshest of circumstances" head pastor Dr. Moses Haregwoyn said during his sermon in reference to the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia. | Joe Timmerman
Inside the Mount Zion Baptist Church present day. | Patricia Porter
Inside the current Mount Zion Baptist Church. The wallpaper is corroded and peels off revealing the original wallpaper design. | Patricia Porter
Trevellya Ford Ahmed stares out the door from inside the Mount Zion Baptist Church. | Patricia Porter
Abby Spears, of New Boston, the Coordinator of Injury Prevention at the Portsmouth City Health Dept., smokes a cigarette after stepping out from the syringe exchange to see why the police were curbside. According to Spears, some of the people who visit the exchange are on probation, parole, or have active warrants. Spears said that the Ohio Revised Code includes a rule of anonymity built into the syringe exchange which means that police are not allowed to approach people within a 1,000 foot perimeter of the event. | Joe Timmerman
A life size wooden cutout of Jesus stands proudly, despite his years of visible wear and tear, out front of Shade United Methodist Church. The first religious organization established in Lodi Township was by the Methodist Church in 1820. While religion was once part of the towns foundation, many locals tell me that when it comes to religion they are "lapsed." | Hannah Clark
Mckenzie Ollum and her dad. Dwayne, wait a the Peoples Club for Mckenzie's cousin Zack to get dropped off by the school bus. The Peoples Club, a social club of about 30 members from the town and the surrounding area, is one of the few communal spaces left in Coolville. | Milton Linsay
Barber Smitty Smith at Bam & Bros. Barbershop shaves the side of Blake Hydes head as he talks about the upcoming Fest season at Ohio University on March 24, 2023. | Megan VanVlack
Crowd members gather in front of the Athens Court House to watch the Ohio University Homecoming parade in Athens, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 8th, 2022. | Dylan Benedict
Boys relax in a fire hose pool after the Money Scramble on Saturday, July 23.2022, in the Lincoln County High School parking lot in Panaca, Nevada. | Leslie Ostronic
A Rayado member lays as he realizes he finished his 21 day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico, on July 9, 2022. | Zoë Cranfill
Cynthiana, KY; Cade Tobin of Cynthiana rides his horse in the roping competition at the Harrison County Fair on July 23, 2022. While suffering from a broken foot, Tobin was determined to participate in this years fair and competed in every event. | Tanner Pearson
Rain falls while Mdou Moctar performs at Nelsonville Music Festivals Snow Fork Stage on Saturday, September 3,2022, in Nelsonville, Ohio. | Joe Timmerman
Drag performer. Evelyn Everything knocks a decorative ornament off of the wall during her performance at Kazma's Holiday Spectacular at Athens Uncorked on December 3, 2022. | Charlie Nick
The lead singer of DANA is lifted above the crowd by audience members at an after-hours show during the Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio, Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 2022. | Dylan Benedict
Dan Shrapo plays guitar at Blue Eagle Music Shop on Court Street in Athens, Ohio on Friday, March 24th, 2023. Dan live in Columbus Ohia He says, "I haven't been to Athens for 25, 30 years" Now, he would like to attend Ohio University for a master's program in guitar studies and has hopes of moving to Athens permanently someday. | Dana Copeland
Pete Thompson hosts open mic night at Eclipse Company Store in The Plains, Ohio, on Monday; February 6th, 2023. Thompson and close friend Brandon Jackson have hosted open mic at Eclipse for 6 months. In reference to his harmonicas Thomson said, "I got an F, I got a D, a C, an E flat." Thompson matches the harmonica he uses to the key of the song he plays. | Dana Copeland
Doug MacDowell, of Athens, Ohio, poses for a portrait in front of one of his art projection illustrations on Nov. 5,2022 MacDowell is pursuing his MFA in painting and drawing ar Ohio University. Before his time a Ohio University MacDowell worked as a data analyst for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The art in his latest project was created using Adobe After Effects. | Charlie Nick
Lola the Labrador Retriever mix looks out of a window in Washington Court House, Ohio, on Saturday, September 17, 2022. | Madeline Lynch
Holly McClintock lays alongside a burning wax candle for warmth while taking a break from surveying in Roppel Cave. | Joe Timmerman
Holly McClintock walks on the edge of a canyon in Roppel Cave. Roppel Cave, which McClintock, the President of the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition calls her project cave, is a 97 mile section of the 426-mile long Mammoth Cave System that when connected to Mammoth Cave 50 years ago, made the Mammoth Cave System the longest cave in the world. Year round, volunteers with the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition, Cave Rescarch Foundation and National Park System work together to survey the full undiscovered length of the cave, which is estimated to be up to 1,000 miles. | Joe Timmerman
Kilauca volcano erupts again at Halema'um'au Crater in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i on Jan. 5. 2023. | Emma Reed
Ken Gabriel reads his bible as Pastor Rick gives the reading during the Sunday service at Stewart United Methodists Church in Stewart, Ohio. The stained glass in the church came from a church that was about to be torn down in Washington D.C. and was purchased with the help of the women in the church in 1914 when Stewart Methodist was built. | Ryan Grzybowski
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Kanani Yockman paddle surfs at Honoli'i Beach Park, Hilo, Hawai'i, on January 1, 2023. | Emma Reed
Ohio University freshmen Jaya McClure drives the baseline during a game against LIU on November 7, 2022, at the Convocation Center. | Emma Reed
Ohio Univeristy wrestler Kyran Hagen attempts to get out of a hold during his match against a Kent State wrestler on Feb. 3,2023 at The Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio. | Alaina Dackermann
Trever Sells does freestyle tricks at the Athens Skate Park on March 21, 2023. Usually. he plans out what tricks he will try, but this time he was doingit in the moment. For the past five years, Trever has been going to this skate park and is known by the local community as one of the best skaters. This hobby clears his mind from the worries of life. He is there for hours with his friends, blasting music from his speaker. | Jack Tatham
Trevor Sell of Athens, Ohio, skateboards during the Big Bowl Competition at Skate Jam in Athens, Ohio, on August 27, 2022. Sell placed second in the Big Bowl Competition and when asked about what skateboarding means to him he said, "everything." | Charlie Nick
Cynthiana, KY; Caden Boyer, left and his brother Lekenrick, right, hold up James Carsley to dunk a basketball at the Juneteenth Celebration at Rev. Ross Park on June 18,2022. The second annual celebration featured a DJ, a local food truck, vendors, a free diabetes check sponsored by the Lyons Club, a bounce house, free books from the bookmobil,e and posters about historical African Americans | Tanner Pearson
Ohio Universiry golfer Tanner Johnson (center) lines up his putt on hole six of the Athens Country Club as his team members Felipe Darquca (right) and Matt Daulton (left) wartch on Sept. 24. 2021. | Tanner Pearson
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