September 11, 2025, after setting out 2,977 flags in memory of the victims of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, the republican club at Ohio University packs the flags into boxes to be moved back into storage until next year.
September 20, 2025 Behind the Athens Community Center people gather in anticipation as skaters line the bowl for the annual “Drop in” contest. Skate Jam is a staple of the Athens, Ohio, skating scene ever since the first one in October 2021. Within the past 4 years Skate Jam has grown and taken on a life of its own inviting crowds of onlookers to watch skating competitions, listen to live music and get food from local vendors.
April 22, 2025, after rummaging through the woods behind the Ridges in Athens, Ohio, Jackson Powell finds himself in a clearing outside of AEP Elliott Substation. With a picturesque view in-front of him Jackson takes a relaxing smoke break.
December 20, 2025 in Found Sound, a record store located in Detroit Michigan, Leah Lindsey searches the Cd section in hopes of finding an album from a band she likes. After finding what she was searching for she says, "They only have one Underoath Cd and its lowkey a mid album."
On May 10, 2025, Tyler Callahan takes a much needed rest with his grandmother after winning first place in the annual Thunderbunny trail race. Ending his very first race at Thunderbunny with a time of 4 hours 41 minutes and 32 seconds Tyler managed to beat his opponents by 15 minutes. The Thunderbunny trail race debuted on May 14th, 2016 and has gathered trail runners from both in and outside of Athens Ohio.
In the convocation center, located in Athens Ohio, a memorial to fallen veterans is put up on display on October 25, 2025. This memorial wall commemorates veterans that have fallen in battle with an American flag made from their dog tags. Seeing the flag from a far will only offer a glimpse at the true meaning behind this piece of art, each name represents someone who fought with their life and died protecting the US and its citizens.
Walking down Court St. on October 20, 2025, Wil recounts his upbringing. William Hollan is originally from Athens, county growing up in the Alexander school district would go on to graduate from Alexander high school. After high school Wil enrolled at Ohio University and began studying accounting and finance later changing his major to Industrial Systems. William Hollan would go on to work for national security in 1968. Being from Athens county played a part in Wil's eventual decision to return in January, 2025.
A periodic table cutting board is left out on the kitchen counter in Dan Hendershott's home. Dan is the chemistry and stem teacher at Alexander Local School located in Albany, Ohio, he is know around the school and is loved by many of his students earning him the nickname “Hendo.”
On Friday, December 5, 2025 Tibetan monks complete their final touches to an illustration made completely out of sand painstakingly placed over the course of a week in Alden library located in Athens, Ohio. The installation depicts, the “four perfect friends,” a monkey, an elephant, a rabbit, and a bird, after completion they plan on mutually destroying and dumping it into the hocking river it as a practice of impermanence.
On December 5th, 2025, after getting out of class Finley Mcnamee joins the crowd of people led by Tibetan monks, as they walk down the steps of Baker Center in Athens, Ohio, toward the Hocking river. The monks intend to pour sand used to make an installation in Alden Library as a practice of impermanence, showing everyone that it's ok to lose things you have.
After mutually destroying the sand installation, created over the course of an entire week on December 5 ,2025, the Tibetan monks walk back from the Hocking river, where they poured the sand used to create the installation. One carries a drum in hand as the other carries the urn used to contain the sands after the installation's destruction.
Coming back to Casey Harden's house, in Columbus Ohio, after a long day of shopping and exploration a game of billiards begins between Camilie Walker (left) and Mj Soc (right) as Casey Harden (back) spectates on December 22, 2025.
Eian Elmer #0 of the Miami Redhawks takes a shot over Vic Searls #35 of the Ohio Bobcats amidst their game at the Convocation Center on March 01, 2025 in Athens, Ohio.
In the Detroit Institute of Arts a Kate Dye (left) and Devin Mansfeild (right) sit infront of Frederic Edwin Churche's "Cotopoxi" in the American Art before 1950 section on level 2 of the institution on December 21, 2025.
While exploring Bailey’s Trail system in Chauncey, Ohio, Emma Ulbrich stops to take a photo of a spider camouflage on a log on December 26, 2024.
Following a path through the woods off Proprietors Rd in Columbus Ohio will reveal four abandonded train cars. After a day of shopping in Columbus; from left to right: Kory Bachman, Camilie Walker, Mj Soc, Adam Sterling, and Casey Harden sit on top of one of the train cars, smoking and watching trains pass on the parallel track. Kory and Adam both offer their cigarettes to Camilie after she asked for one on December 22, 2025.
