Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityCindy Tekulve, of New Richmond, Kentucky, waits in line outside of the U.S. Bank Arena for President Trump's "Keep America Great" campaign rally on Thursday, August 1, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityChris Mackay and Ashley Mackay pose for a portrait at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. On May 18, 2019, Chris got into a severe accident where he broke the C5 spine vertebra in his neck. Chris was planning to propose to Ashley in July, but the unexpected accident changed their plans. On May 21, before Chris was taken into surgery, the couple decided to get married in the hospital.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier Rodriguez’s paintings once adorned hundreds of walls in Havana, but now, very few exist. Slowly but surely, the government has been taking this street artist’s work down overnight. Many passerby associate the destroyed paintings with the decaying buildings, so most people don't even realize they're gradually being dismantled. Half of this painting in Centro Habana disappeared overnight on May 21, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityBaylee Lantass, 13, poses for a portrait on Vine Street at the Cincinnati Pride Parade on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Lantass said it took hours to dye her hair that morning, but, "It was definitely worth it," she said.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityThe crowd goes wild as a racer falls at Danger Wheel, an adult big wheel racing contest, on Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityThe Malecón is a seawall that stretches for five miles along the coast of Havana, Cuba, and it’s known for its vibrant nightlife. Couples go there to watch the waves hit the shore, friends go there to sing and dance and vendors sell popcorn, chocolates and flowers. Here, a woman crosses over from the Malecón to walk over to Habana Vieja on December 17, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityLucy Beauchamp in Oakley, Cincinnati, on April 20, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityThe Neuharth family from Clifton looks at a space suit inside the Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery during Space Day at the Cincinnati Museum Center on Saturday, July 20, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityCinderella (center) surprised Shantell Pooser, a self-proclaimed princess and teenager with Down syndrome when she arrived on Monday, July 29, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Sophia Heller (right), of Party Princess Productions, volunteered to surprise her as Cinderella. Here, the American Airlines crew, who flew Shannie into the airport, stand next to Shannie and Cinderella before posing for a picture.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityKalaripayattu is performed in Munnar, Maharashtra, India, on January 2, 2019. Kalaripayattu is a Dravidian martial art form believed to be the oldest martial art in existence.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityIrelyn Cotton, 9, poses for a portrait with her horse Charlie on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at the Hamilton County 4-H Community Fair. Cotton braided the mane of her horse before a competition Thursday in Hamilton, Ohio.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityOstriches Rose (left) and Pam (right) get a bath by their keeper, Dan Turoczi at the Cincinnati Zoo on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityHeroin has plagued cincinnati for a long time, and the summer of 2019 was no exception. Overdoses kept a consistent grip in several neighborhoods, and certain areas in and around cincinnati were hit harder than others. This photo essay examines the communities and people in Cincinnati whose lives have been permanently altered by this epidemic. Here, two women sit on a stoop on east McMicken avenue in Over-the-Rhine, smoking crack cocaine, on Thursday, July 11, 2019. one says she plans to inject heroin later. She's been using the drug for 20 years.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityThe Cincinnati area had 24 overdose calls and seven hospitalizations in 24 hours on July 26, 2019. The volume of 911 dispatches for overdoses has increased monthly since the beginning of the year. In July, there were 430 dispatches, according to a recent report from the health department and the heroin coalition. Overdose hospital visits in Hamilton County followed the same pattern, though July experienced a slight drop.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityKristie Combs strokes her daughter's hair as she sits on the porch of a home in Norwood on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Combs is a resident of Bellevue, Kentucky, but she babysits in Norwood, a neighborhood consistently hit with overdoses this summer. She said she has lost probably five members to heroin addiction, and that it often leaves grandparents raising their grandchildren when parents have drug-related issues or lose custody.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityA woman who wishes to remain anonymous pours crack from a small pipe onto her hand on East McMicken Street in Over The Rhine before she smokes it. She says she used heroin a couple years ago, but no longer uses. Instead, she smokes crack.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityA boy rides his tricycle in Norwood on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Norwood is a neighborhood hard-hit by overdoses this summer, according to daily overdose reports from Hamilton County Public Health and the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition. Kristie Combs, who babysits the boy, said she has lost family and friends to heroin overdose.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityA mural depicts an angel on East McMicken Avenue in Over-the-Rhine on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio University"I was kidnapped inside my own home," Yulier Rodriguez, 30, of Havana, Cuba, said. He is a visual artist, a quite prolific one, in fact. Before 2017, Yulier's politically-motivated street paintings were estimated to have covered over 200 walls in Havana. Now, Yulier calculates, there are only about 20 full paintings left. Most have been covertly destroyed by the government at night. The morning after, the murals look like they’ve succumbed to the natural decay that affects Havana’s buildings.“You start to be censored when you (have) a level of credibility or promotion that affects the image of the government,” he said. And for Yulier, censorship wasn’t the only punishment for his political art; he was also kidnapped and thrown in jail. “They kidnap you, they interrogate you for five hours … they throw you between shit and trash and between criminals,” Yulier said.Jail wasn’t the only punishment the Cuban government inflicted — it also threatened his family: it threatened to expel his girlfriend from her university and eliminate his mother’s prescription medication that she needed to survive.But Yulier still paints. “I am part of a generation that grew up in fear. What I do is the result of all of that fear … All the frustration, all the impotence with which the Cuban people live. Fear, hunger, misery … all that accumulation of resentment,” he said. And Yulier’s work manifests these ideas. “My work talks about…part of the history that I have had to live and of which I am witness.”When Yulier was imprisoned, the Cuban government forced him to sign a document saying he would never again paint on public walls. Yulier hasn’t painted on them since, but he’s found other ways to display his work in public; he doesn’t want people to continue to be brainwashed by the government. So — he continues to paint. He’s painted on rubble and on top of taxis so that the Cuban people can still see his messages of dissent everywhere.When asked why he still paints despite threats and imprisonment, he said: “I am simply a person who decided to live without fear and decided to live free. And in front of me, I will not endure injustice.”*For readability, quotes have been translated from Spanish to English.Yulier sits at the dining room table in his house in Centro Habana, Cuba, on June 3, 2019. The eyes of one of his paintings peer over his shoulder. Creating work with anti-government messages like he does is isolating, "I don't have many friends," he says.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityThe Cuban government forced Yulier to sign a document saying he would no longer paint on the street walls, so Yulier has started a new project called "El Regalo" (The Gift). He paints on rubble or scraps found on the street and puts them back as a gift to the Cuban people -- it's another public way for him to share his message, he says. After getting off of his bike, he bends down to pick up one of his gifts to share with the neighborhood.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier places one of his "gifts" on a pile of rubble on the side of a busy street in Centro Habana.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier pauses for a moment in his new studio to think about his painting. Yulier sells his art privately. He used to own a gallery, but the government forced his landlord to kick him out. Now, Yulier sells his art under the table. His new studio is at a private location in Havana -- only his family and close friends know where it is. He plans to move into the back of his studio once his fiancee gives birth to their child.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier paints the bottom of his canvas around a worm. The worms represent the powerless feeling Cuban people have against the government, he said.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier talks on the phone after dinner, while his fiancee Igmay sits at the table. Yulier's mother (far right), watches TV in their living room. Yulier, Igmay, and Yulier's mother all live together. Yulier was very concerned when the government threatened his mother. But if they do threaten him, Yulier said, it would look very bad for the government, because it would get a lot of international attention. Yulier is represented by Amnesty International now, so the government is a little more cautious before threatening him or his family, he says. Still, Yulier lives cautiously.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier and Igmay enjoy a sunset on the Malecon. They plan to get married soon and will have a child together next February.
Second Place, Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year - Madeleine Hordinski / Ohio UniversityYulier's paintings used to be on hundreds of walls in Havana, but now, very few exist. Slowly but surely, the government has been taking them down overnight. Many passerby associate the destroyed paintings with the decayed buildings, so most people don't even realize they're slowly being dismantled. Half of this painting in Centro Habana disappeared overnight in May 2019.
