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 eighth grade.

Jack Tatham

A queen snake lays on a branch on the bank of the Olentangy River at Clinton-Como Park on October 14, 2022.

Zoë Cranfill

Japanese Breakfast’s, Michele Zahner, performs at the Nelsonville Music Festival at Snow Fork Event Center in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 2nd, 2022.

Pearl Spurlock

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. 

Charlie Nick

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 at Ohio University. Before his time at 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.

Megan VanVlack

Dhruv Patel (left) and Harshwarhan (right) dance on a table at the Holi festival held on Ohio University's South Green on March 4, 2023, in Athens, Ohio.

Walker Smith

Bill Church shows off his glass eye in Stewart, OH on March 26, 2023. Church recently had surgery on his functioning right eye but refuses to quit driving even though he can’t see very well.

Alaina Dackermann

Ohio University players attempt to block a shot against Miami University during their game on Feb. 4, 2023 in Athens, Ohio.