1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Nzilani Glass Conservation's Founder Ariana Renee Makau, 51, (left) of Oakland, Calif., discusses with Blind Eye Restoration's owner Lindsay Jones, 37, of Columbus, Ohio, the numerous cracks they have spotted on closer inspection while cleaning dust and debris off the stained glass windows before removal as part of the building restoration process of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Digg City Jiu Jitsu’s co-owner and coach Michele Argeroplos, 35, of Dayton, incorporates a yoga warrior stretch pose during warm up exercises at the start of an all-level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training session at her martial arts school in Athens on Friday September 29, 2023. According to Argeroplos, "I've been teaching Yoga for eight, going on nine years. Yoga really focuses on matching your body and connects with your breath and flexibility. When you're in a fighting position, you need to stay flexible, so you don't get hurt." (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Midfielder Haley Miller (10) of Ohio University and midfielder Makenzie Ortman of Bowling Green State University vie for the ball during their NCAA Mid-American Conference women’s soccer match at Chessa Field in Athens on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The game ended 0-2, with Bowling Green winning. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Co-owner Kevin C. Lewis, 51, of Albany, Ohio, pauses while spray painting a lion hay bale sculpture at Libby's Pumpkin Patch in Albany on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. "This is the second consecutive year I have done the lion. Next year, I might be putting up the African Queen", according to Lewis. He added that the seasonal attraction, which started in 2011, is named after his 19-year-old daughter. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Retired early childhood intervention specialist and artist Tina Carnes Kelsey, 67, of Cambridge, poses with her dogs Penny (left) and Sally, at her home in Athens on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. Kelsey sold her rural home of 25 acres in the incorporated community of Shade and relocated to uptown Athens after ending her relationship with her then-partner John last year. "When we split, I kept the dogs, while he took our three cats," said Kelsey. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Participants dressed in costumes walk down Court Street during the Honey for the Heart Parade in Athens on Saturday, October 28, 2023. According to the event organizer Passion Works Studio, the original idea of the parade was to create a positive community experience for Athens during Halloween. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Malaysian Fulbright scholar Mohd Azmanuddin Bin Azman, 32, performs wayang kulit, a traditional form of shadow puppetry that originates from Indonesia, at Ohio University's Alden Library in Athens on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Students Prabhleen Singh Bedi, Sonali Jha, and Harshwardhan Lnu dance on top of a picnic table amid colored powder to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of color, at the South Green portion of Ohio University's campus in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday March 4, 2023. The event, which was previously on suspended for three consecutive years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was organized by the Indian Student Organization. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Dr. Trevellya "Tee" Ford-Ahmed, professor emerita of West Virginia State University, drives amid rain and windy weather conditions on the U.S. 33 between Lancaster and Columbus to pick up her grandson Demetri Wolfe from John Glenn International Airport, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo arranges Japanese futsu pumpkins before passing them to non-profit organization Rural Action for sale at the Chesterhill Produce Auction, in Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. Halfway through the growing season, Klaunig noticed half-types among the pumpkins, and seed company Hudson Valley Seeds ultimately decided to cancel the contract with her farm. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo points out Abe Lincoln tomato seeds while sorting out a pail of rotten tomatoes at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 13, 2023. According to Klaunig, the seeds are for an order of 8 pounds of Abe Lincoln tomato seeds for seed company Baker Creek that is based in Missouri. "They were the first company I contracted with 5 years ago. I've been growing for them since, especially during the pandemic. The contract sizes got bigger but the prices did not," Klaunig elaborated. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo and her partner Michael S. Barnes, 48, of Santa Fe, N.M., look on outside their home before attempting to separate two bulls from a herd of cows at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. According to Barnes, the cattle are part of his livestock business, which he operates as a separate limited liability company from Klaunig's seed farming business, but they have an agreement to help each other where necessary. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, who was originally from Toledo and her partner Michael S. Barnes, 48, of Santa Fe, N.M., react as their cattle broke through a wire barrier after they failed to to separate two bulls from the cows at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. According to Barnes, this is his first attempt this season to separate the bulls, and he will need to work on it again another day. "The older lady cows are well behaved. It's the just the naughty little boy cows that misbehaved," Klaunig chimed in. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo looks on while waiting to hear back from local restaurant Casa Neuva regarding the drop off for their order of jalapeno and shishito peppers in Athens on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. According to Klaunig, she had cold called and emailed Casa Neuva to try her luck at selling off her excess jalapeno peppers, and was initially surprised they had responded back. "I've been trying to sell to them since 2019. I heard they bought local produce. I usually sell them $4 a pound, wholesale, but I offered them at $2 because I wanted to get rid of them. Then they wrote back "I'll pay $1.50". They said to meet me at 9:15 a.m. but now they texted me that they would be half hour late," Klaunig bemoaned. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo and her son Elias Barnes, 9, of Athens, interact as she harvests peanuts at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. According to Klaunig, this was her first peanut harvest on her farm. "These are a variety of Hardy peanuts I got in a seed trade or seed swap. I started with a handful last year and I am hoping to grow enough so I can eat them next year," Klaunig elaborated. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo comforts her goat, Hanna, while it gets its hoofs trimmed at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 13, 2023. "She is a Kiko. She is 6 or 7 years old. She wasn't born on the farm. She is the matriarch of the herd, or we say the "herd queen". At this point they are a land management tool for us. We'll put them on weedy spots in the pasture. Specifically they eat grass and vines," Klaunig shared. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Elias Victor Barnes, 9, (center) of Athens talks to his friend Oliver Martin, 10, of Athens as his mother, seed farmer Lindsay Klaunig, of Toledo signs off on a form that informs The Plains Elementary School that Elias will be picked up by Oliver's mother as they wait for the school bus to arrive in Athens on October 25, 2023. "This is the first year he's going to school in town, in Athens. Before it was the rural school, Alexander. That's our district school. I've never wanted him to go to a rural school. Athens is our community. It's our people. It's our customers. It's most of our friends," Klaunig explained. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo reacts under the afternoon sun while harvesting tulsi, also commonly known as holy basil, at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Sunday, September 23, 2023. "That's something I plant every year to attract beneficial insects, as part of my integrated pest management. It's a way to avoid pesticide use. And I make tea with them," Klaunig explained. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo sorts through Loxton Lass tomato seeds while conducting a germination test before packing them to fulfill seed company orders at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Friday, October 13, 2023. "So we're testing the viability of the seeds by putting them on a wet paper tower, then into an incubator, and finally counting how many sprouts. I do it for all seeds I sell because there are minimum standards that have to met for the seeds to be sellable," Klaunig explained. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo reacts while wiping her hands dry to prepare a lunch of raisin bagel with cream cheese in the kitchen of her home at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, October 16, 2023. "A lot of times when people come work for us, there's some that expect to be provided a huge farm lunch with this farmer's wife who's going to cook. Like what are you talking about? That's absolutely not true. We stuff food in our face, between you know, tasks," Klaunig shared. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Seed farmer Lindsay A. Klaunig, 39, of Toledo and her partner Michael S. Barnes, 48, of Santa Fe, New Mexico remind their son Elias V. Barnes, 9, of Athens to take a bath after he is done with his meal during dinnertime in their home at Trouvaille Farm in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on October 17, 2023. According to Klaunig, her partner is primarily responsible for cooking for the household, and on most days dinner is their only meal of the day. "We try to make up for skipped meals during dinnertime. We try to make that a solid meal with you know, our own vegetables, our own food," Klaunig shared. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, pets her dog Sparky, 17, while posing for a photo by the entrance to her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. "It’s been 39 years since I moved here from my first studio in Athens. I no longer feel an attachment to my original location. I named my studio after the creek that bordered it and kept it despite my move to Shade as it’s catchy,” Abramovitz shared. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio works to create a soap dish on the pottery wheat her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "These are not for sale. I'm making these as holiday gifts for my friends. Most of my friends celebrate Christmas. But I'm Jewish, and I'm supposed to celebrate Hanukkah, but it's not that big a Jewish holiday to me," Abramovitz said. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio opens up an electric kiln to remove logo mugs and pie dishes she made after at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "This is the first stage. I'll soon be applying the glaze and then put them back into the kiln for the second firing. It's a long process," Abramovitz revealed. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, focuses on throwing a logo mug on the pottery wheel at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. "This is part of an order of 100 mugs. I think they're gifts for the holiday season. I use custom stamps to create the logos you see on the mugs. I got the stamp made by the Ohio Is Home gift shop owner on Court Street." (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio paints extra terracotta garden markers while working to fulfill an order at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Monday, November 20, 2023. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio takes a look at two mugs she made from stamps of the original and updated logos of the PawPaw Festival after removing it from the kiln at the end of the first firing at her studio Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Notes from past orders cover a post as Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, takes a coffee break from working on her pottery at her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. "When I’m not on the pottery wheel or the kiln, I’m working on my paperwork. There’s always something I’m busy with, but I try to keep my hours short. My age has caught up,” Abramovitz revealed. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio walks up the grassy slope towards her house with her dog Sparky after leaving her studio Riffle Run Pottery in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. "Sparky is a 100 years old, in human years. He's almost all blind and death and relies on his sense of smell to get around," Abramovitz revealed. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
1st - Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Susan "Susie" Rhea Abramovitz, 72, of Youngstown, Ohio, waves to her neighbor Kenneth “Kenny” L. Meeks, of Shade, Ohio, outside her house at the end of a workday in the unincorporated community of Shade, Ohio, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Abramovitz shared that Meeks has been using her pasture for his cattle to graze on and helped her innumerous times with moving heavy sacks of clay to her studio Rock Riffle Run Pottery, with his heavy machinery. (Loriene Perera / Ohio University)
