Photographer Jonathan Crosby

Its been a while since my last post and I apologize for that. Since the last post: I finished my internship at the Aspen Daily News, drove to North Carolina for spring break vacation on Bald Head Island with some incredible friends, and am back at Ohio University.

I’ve been busy this spring working on expanding a long term project for the 4th addition of VisCom’s Soul of Athens student project. I’m working on a project with a mentally handicapped man by the name of Doug that I had the pleasure of meeting while working at a local bicycle shop back in freshman year. This project has been a work in progress throughout my college career and I’m excited to take it to a new level.  After many late nights in the computer lab, production has finally wrapped up and I’m quite pleased with the final product. Below are some behind-the-scenes images as well as a few favorites I shot this spring. Check out the countdown page and stay tuned for the multimedia story that’ll launch sometime in August.

I’m back working on a story of Doug Latz. Doug is a local from Chauncey, OH that suffers from mental handicaps. This story has been long in the making but I finally feel like I’m starting to get somewhere with it. Doug’s an awesome guy with a huge heart and has been a great photo subject.

Below are some frames from hanging out with Doug this evening. When I got to his house he was taking a nap. After resting (as I sat quietly and shot some frames) and indulging in his favorite activities  - eating a giant bowl of ravioli and watching Scooby Doo – he headed into Athens to collect some cans at the Smiling Skull Saloon.