Joe Scheller

Elliot (left), and Eli, fish with their father, Joe Aune, in Albany, Ohio, on August 28, 2020.

Nicole Albers watches Thomas Butchko slackline and perform a walkover above her on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio on Monday Sept. 14, 2020. Walkovers are intended to heighten the stakes, and to force the person on the slackline to focus.

Berne Union high school football team playing against Worthington Christian high school, in Sugar Grove, Ohio, on Friday, October 2, 2020. Berne Union beat Worthington Christian high 28 to 21, which secured their spot in the first round of Ohio high school football playoffs.

Brandon Francis prepares a tire for his vehicle for stock car racing at Ohio Valley Speedway, West Virginia, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020.

Christopher McDonald (center) of the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes is hurdeled by Meigs Marauder team member Conner Imboden in the boys varsity football match in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, September 11, 2020. Nelsonville-York went on to win 42-16.

Terrell Lombert (foreground) celebrates the results of the Presidential Election at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. When asked about why he was celebrating, Lombert replied “It’s for our change. I’mall for change. Honestly man, it’s what the people want. This is our world. At the end of the day we have to live here you know. So unless we figure out that we have to combine as people, we’re not going to overcome nothing.”

Sophie Relitz, left, Randi Michaud, and Abby Walter, all residents of The Firehouse Co-op, joke with each other as their Thanksgiving celebration comes to an end, in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. All three residents said they wanted to be part of a living co-op because of poor experiences with past roommates. They also said that this way of living gives them more a sense of community, which is partially driven by each resident having a different responsibility for caring for the house.

Mike Waybright (left) sings karaoke after a day of racing at Swampstock Mud Boggs while kids run around in the dark, in Coolville, Ohio, on Saturday, October 24, 2020. In recent years, there has been an effort to making sure all the events are kid friendly. If the kids are happy, the parents are happy, said Waybright.

Fred "Gibby" Gibson (left) and Les Champlin broadcasting high school football in Pomeroy, Ohio, on Friday, September 25, 2020. Gibby and Champlin have been broadcasting local area high school sports for over 20 years. When asked why the continue to, Champlin responded, "We both went to Athens [High School], played for and coached Athens High School, known everyone in town, so coming back to do the games is a lot of fun for us."

Bolton Beroth races in the Grand National Cross Country 250cc class dirtbike category in Millfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. Cross Country racing is an endurance marathon, where competitors can ride continuously over varied terrain for multiple hours at a time.

Justine Orr originally of Gahanna, Ohio poses for a portrait at her place of employment, Dave's Valero gas station in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. When asked about her work, Orr replied, "I've had to wash human feces and piss and blood off the wall [of the bathroom] so many times."

Hunter Van Nuys poses for a portrait at his job, Speedway gas station in Athens, Ohio, early Monday morning, November 23, 2020. “I’m from Steubenville. So I thought when I came down here with an insulated community it would be like where I was from but better,” Nuys said. “But it’s just a shining turd on a hill with the university. And the university hasn’t uplifted anyone who’s from here, really.”

Maggi Mattson of Columbus, Ohio poses for a portrait at her place of employment, Dave's Valero gas station in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. When asked about what her work is like, Mattson replied, "Even though like this building and job is in a college campus, and it seems like we shouldn’t get that many negative experiences, we get a lot of harassment, and everyday average rudeness.” Mattson continued, “One of the nice things is talking to people I wouldn’t have otherwise, really.”

Jared Thomas poses for a portrait in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. "We have no control over the prices. I understand being upset about it and I understand that people have bad days, [but] I apologize, to go off about prices is inane. There's no point to it," said Thomas, on what he wished people knew about working at a gas station.

Danny Reese, left, walks into The Sundown Garage while Cody Brown and Lakota Blackford service a vehicle, in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Reese graduated from Ohio University with an undergraduate degree in art therapy, but has been surrounded by mechanics since he was young and after graduating college decided to open his own mechanic shop.

Bow Reese uses a grinder on a piece of his car that he is renovating inside The Sundown Garage, in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Bow has been restoring a 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI, and it will be his first car.

Cody Brown, left, and Lakota Blackford look at mud racing videos on Blackford’s phone at The Sundown Garage in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. For Brown, mud racing is a family tradition. He started on ATVs, and then later moved on to racing cars and trucks.

Cody Brown (right) works on a Nissan while Lakota Blackford takes a tool to work on a vehicle outside at The Sundown Garage in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. The Sundown Garage only services certain foreign vehicles, and because they are one of the only mechanic garages in the area to provide this service, they have kept up their business even during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Danny Reese (left), owner of The Sundown Garage, walks into the shop while Lakota Blackford and Cody Brown talk, in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Reese keeps a small collection of foreign vehicles to pull parts out of, mostly Subarus, as a means to offer alternatives to new parts for clients that are struggling financially.

Danny Reese (left), Will Chambers, and Jonathan Holmberg discuss the 2020 Presidential Election in the office after The Sundown Garage has closed for the day in Athens, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. The client base of The Sundown Garage can be very casual, with instances of customers coming into the garage to relax and speak with the employees.