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Ryan C. Henriksen (Ohio University)
College Photographer of the Year | Portfolio
Hands
Bodybuilder Kasha Winston, 57, holds a pose with her hands on her shoulders while practicing her routine in East Coast Gym in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 for the Lenda Murrary NPC Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships. Winston ended up finishing 2nd in the Women Open Light Weight division later that weekend.
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Babysitting
Jeremiah Hedges and his younger sister Chantelle Hedges hold two of their neighbor's children while babysitting them as they watch cars pass downtown New Straitsville, Ohio on Friday, March 6, 2009. The two were watching older, local men drive by.
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Jump
The Tusky Valley Trojan's girls volleyball team jumps in a circle to get themselves excited before the regional semifinal game in The Convocation Center on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The Trojans lost the game to the Adena High School Warriors.
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Before The Game
Fans walk around Harbor Park Stadium before the Norfolk Tides take on the Gwinnett Braves in Norfolk, Virginia on Friday, July 3, 2009.
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Lifting
Left to right: Earl Ward and George Duncin hold weights above their chests as the Oscar Smith High School football team strength trains at Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia on Thursday, June 25, 2009.
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Inaugural Ball
From left, Taylor Jones, 17, from Chicago, and Andrea Bonaparte, 18, from Chicago, walk into the Chicago Inaugural Ball celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama at McCormick Place, downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Jones and Bonaparte were there with other Obama supporters from Morgan Park High School.
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Cleaning The Track
Left to right, track workers Sam Keel and Joe Mattox clean off the burn out area of the track between drag races at Northeast Dragway in Hertford, North Carolina on July 18, 2009.
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Ready To Be Home
Left to right: Seaman David Rinehart, Seaman Joshua Dissette, and Seaman Douglas Russell take a moment for themselves between jobs on the fantail of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as they prepare for the ship to dock at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, July 30, 2009. After a five-month deployment, every sailor was ready to get home.
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Merry-Go-Round
Right to left: Shyanne Hedges spins on a merry-go-round with her younger sister Cierra Hedges in New Straitsville, Ohio on Friday, March 6, 2009.
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Quiet Talk
As his homebuilt 1961 Ford Falcon gets loaded into the Nance Wood Motorsports trailer, Dane Wood spends time talking with his girlfriend Stephanie Pina as she holds the trophy he just won for finishing first in the top ET division at the Northeast Dragway in Hertford, North Carolina on July 18, 2009.
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Inseparable Ties
Inseparable Ties is a documentary about one mixed family's resiliency, imagination, and ties stronger than blood. The Hedges family resides in New Straitsville, a small town in rural Southeast Ohio, and is comprised of Wayne Hedges, Wayne's seven children, Wayne's girlfriend, Lorena Davis, and three of Lorena's children who primarily reside with Wayne and Lorena. In spite of the poverty and poor living conditions which surround their daily lives, their love for life and their love for each other continues to carry them over and beyond most of these obstacles. Lorena is the primary bread winner for the family and spends most of her time working at a local bar in downtown New Straitsville. Lorena's income is supplemented by Wayne who scraps metal from old cars. While their parents are away from home and working long hours, the children who range in age from 6 to 17 are on their own with the oldest ones in charge. Although they are not blood related, the children refer to one another as "brother" and "sister."
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Inseparable Ties is a documentary about one mixed family's resiliency, imagination, and ties stronger than blood. The Hedges family resides in New Straitsville, a small town in rural Southeast Ohio, and is comprised of Wayne Hedges, Wayne's seven children, Wayne's girlfriend, Lorena Davis, and three of Lorena's children who primarily reside with Wayne and Lorena. In spite of the poverty and poor living conditions which surround their daily lives, their love for life and their love for each other continues to carry them over and beyond most of these obstacles. Lorena is the primary bread winner for the family and spends most of her time working at a local bar in downtown New Straitsville.  Lorena's income is supplemented by Wayne who scraps metal from old cars. While their parents are away from home and working long hours, the children who range in age from 6 to 17 are on their own with the oldest ones in charge. Although they are not blood related, the children refer to one another as "brother" and "sister."
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Wayne Hedges works under his truck at night to get the front brake lines fixed at home on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Hedges keeps working at night, even when the family is inside relaxing, to make sure they have what they need and it all works properly.
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From left, Reanna Davis, Zanyle Hedges, Jacob Hedges, Shyanne Hedges, Shantelle Hedges, Earl Davis, and Jeremiah Hedges watch a movie together in their living room in New Straitsville, Ohio on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. The children in the family range in age from 6 to 17-years-old.
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Wayne washes the dirt and oil off his hands after working on an old truck as his youngest daughter Cierra reacts to his picture being taken on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. With eleven children to look after there is always someone next to him, even when he's just washing his hands.
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From left: Shyanne, Jacob, and Cierra play with a dead animal that they found next to their house on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. They had suspected their dog, Sumoo, killed the animal and left it there earlier that day.
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Right to left: Zanyle, Jeremiah and Chandra's boyfriend race each other up the hill to their house after getting told to come back home from the park downtown on Monday, May 18, 2009.
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The four boys in the family, Jeremiah, Jacob, Zanyle and Earl play in the front of the house on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The family lives in the same four-bedroom house that Lorena grew up in. With all of the kids, dogs and cats coming in and out so often, the house gets cluttered quickly but everyone does their job to try and keep it under control.
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Shyanne steps into the family's van as her younger sister Cierra waits inside in on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The family was getting ready to go trick-or-treating at their grandparents house.
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Shantelle Hedges comes out of a slide downtown New Straitsville on Friday, May 1, 2009.
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Jacob gets pulled by one leg by his older brother Jeremiah while playing keep-a-way in their backyard with his sisters Shyanne, left, and Cierra, right, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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Jeremiah holds hands with his girlfriend as they walk across one of the main streets downtown New Straitsville on their way to his mom's house on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
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