Oh Snap Click

Oh Snap Click A photoblog of Photostories. <![CDATA[Derrick Gordon poses for a portrait with a fellow boxer. The two practice at Sam's Gym twice a week and compete on the weekends. ]]> <![CDATA[Austin Maffin poses for a portrait at his parent's home. The Maffin family has dealt with unemployment for a number of years, citing the lack of opportunity as a factor.]]> <![CDATA[After nearly 150 years of extractive industries built a massive economy in the southeastern Ohio region, the same industries moved out in the 1960s after sucking all the resources they could from the area. 50 years later, Glouster is a shadow of it's formal self. What's left is a culture of poverty and one of addiction--both narcotics and alcohol abuse run rampant in Glouster, where the lack of opportunity leaves a median income of $12,000 per year.]]> <![CDATA[The Maffin family watches TV and play-fights with the extended family and neighbors. Violence, both feigned and real, is common in many Appalachian communities. ]]> <![CDATA[The Maffin children wrestle on the side of the ditch in front of their home.]]> <![CDATA[Austin and Jess Maffin play in the backyard of their parent's home. ]]> <![CDATA[Lexi [withheld] vomits after consuming too much malt liquor in the backseat of a car. ]]> <![CDATA[Nikki [withheld] and Lexi [withheld] drink malt liquor in the backseat of a car in Glouster. ]]> <![CDATA[Lexi [withheld] smokes marijuana with her boyfriend at a home in Glouster, Ohio. Lexi sometimes funds her heroin habit through prostitution. ]]> <![CDATA[Neighbors talk and ride bikes at Neosha Maffin's (upper left) house after eating dinner. ]]>