Meg Roussos


Photography


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Brothers, Brown County, Ohio (2010)
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George Zarafonetis has been singing in his Greek Orthodox Church choir for over 80 years. Dallas, Texas for The Dallas Morning News (2012)
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Jose Hernandez, 67, sits on the back of a pick up truck at a local gas station while waiting for work. I come here every morning, sometimes I start my walk from Mexico at 4 a.m. Hernandez lives in Mexico, but San Ysidro being the busiest land immigration crossing in the world, he is able to make the trip back and forth between countries everyday. "I used to work on a farm in America, but now I am unemployed, and have to hope for work everyday" he said. San Ysidro, California (2011)
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Memory of Timmy, West Virginia for The New York Times (2012)
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Crossing the river, Mason, Ohio (2010)
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L & H Tractor, Caldwell, Ohio for The New York Times (2012)
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Ashley Skinner, Athens, Ohio 2012)
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David Hartinger sits outs of The Gathering Place, a center where people with mental disabilities can congregate, and smokes a cigarette. Hartinger's fingers are stained from the cigarette buds that he picks up to smoke everyday. Since the age of 12, he was diagnosed with depression, and bipolar disorder, and is trying to cope with everyday struggles, Athens, Ohio (2010)
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Banjo, Athens, Ohio (2010)
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RV Burgin, whose story was told in the HBO miniseries THE PACIFIC, WWII veteran of Cape Gloucester, Peleiu, and Okinawa. Richardson, Texas for The Dallas Morning News (2012)
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Super hero, Athens, Ohio (2012)
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Rosela Joseph, West Palm Beach, Florida for The Palm Beach Post (2011)
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Cordell Johnson, 4, The Plains, Ohio (2011)
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(Left) Taylor Hannum and Robin Linke stand with Steve Berke, Miami Beach Mayoral candidate outside of Miami Beach City Hall in Miami, Florida. Burke's slogan, "We're not Republican Party. We're not the Democratic Party... We are the after party!" Miami, Florida for The New York Times (2011)
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Penny Vaugh, president of Chula Vista Mobil Home Residents Association, stars out her mobil home window. Recently park owners have been raising rent without notification. "I don't know why the rent prices are being raised, especially in this economy" she said. Chula Vista, California for San Diego Union-Tribune (2011)
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Pete Halmay flips over the side of his boat into the water for another sea urchin dive to the ocean floor. "Fishing is part of San Diego culture and heritage but unless we get support from the community it will soon disappear," he said. San Diego, California (2011)
© Meg Roussos 2011