Carry Me Ohio

Matt Eich

Aurora Select/ The Alexia Foundation

The Maffin children play with the family's iguana in Glouster, OH. In many impoverished homes in Southeastern Ohio money is spent on non-essentials such as televisions and exotic pets. Communities that once struggled to get by can no longer make ends meet after the economic downturn in the United States.

Matt Eich, "Carry Me Ohio," in POYi Archive, Item #42578, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/42578 (accessed June 18, 2025).