Recovery Reframed is produced by Athens Photo Project

Alissa grew up in the Hocking County area, she moved to Athens in 2016. Alissa graduated from Logan Hocking High School in 2001. Alissa got interested in photographythrough family members, and joined APP in 2016. For Alissa photography is a creative outlet and a way for her to express herself.

Richard was born and raised in southeastern Ohio with the love of nature in his heart. However, after a surgery in 2012  his story took a dark turn. For 8 years he struggled with opiate addiction in WV.  After 8 years battling a severe addiction, losing a relationships and  job  Luckily in 2020 he reached out to the Woodhaven rehabilitation center in Dayton and with some hiccups along the way he found his way into the recovery reframed project in 2023 while celebrating 2 years clean In May of 2024.

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Kay was born and raised near Glouster, Ohio, and has lived in Athens County all of her life with her family and, now, her grandchildren. She graduated from Glouster High School in 1978, studied food service at Tri-County Joint Vocational School, and worked as a cashier and stockperson at Odd Lots. Kay had some experience with photography, and, at the recommendation of her counselor, joined the Athens Photographic Project in the fall of 2013. She loves all of her classmates and can’t wait until classes resume next fall. Art provides an opportunity for Kay to express herself and share with others how the world looks and feels to her.

Jenny is a retired cellist living in Southeast Ohio. She was raised in Athens, OH and came back after a long hiatus to finish her English degree. Jenny joined APP in 2019 and enjoys being part of the group, getting feedback from the group in this new, to her, art of photography. Jenny, thanks to her parents, has a good background in art. She enjoys the different strokes and colors and techniques used by the masters. She hopes to apply that to her own work in photography, which she is enjoying as a new art form for her to explore and express herself in. Jenny’s photographic work encompasses a wide variety of genres. Her favorite thing about photography is “that it captures what is now but is also an artform that expresses what has been and what can be.

Sue Ellen Moran hails from the beautiful state of Ohio. She has been to many places in her life but always returns to Ohio. After her mother passed away in 2006 from pancreatic cancer, Sue Ellen had a breakdown and it was discovered she had Bipolar Disorder. This discovery was a breakthrough for her and led her to work on who she really is– a person living with mental illness. Sue Ellen found photography through the Athens Photo Project and her eyes have been opened to the beauty of the world through the lens of a camera. She enjoys spreading peace.

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Fischer has spent the last 28 years as a professional photographer working all over the world while maintaining a home base in Seattle, WA.  Her devotion to the recovery community begin on Aurora Ave.

 Now she focuses her energy on Athens and it's surrounding rural communities.

Z  grew up in Texas, Florida and, West Virginia. She came to Athens to get out of the city and enjoys living along the Hocking River. She loves the atmosphere in Athens and the many programs available there related to mental and self-help that she says is essential to her well–being. She spends most of her time writing, drawing, photographing, doing arts and crafts, and going on adventures. Z first interest in photography came from sitting with her grandmother and looking at old B/W family photos, she fell in love with the stories the photos helped her imagine. She joined APP in 2015, to further her creative expression, and says she is dedicated to APP because it gives her a sense of community and expansion. The idea of evoking, emotions, responses, and imagination in others motivates her to pour herself into her artwork.

Our Mission is to provide access to affordable, high quality, integrated health care for all. Our organization offers a wide range of services, which includes comprehensive behavioral health care, dental health care, and primary health care. At HHC, a variety of public and private insurances are accepted in addition to a sliding fee scale for dental health care, primary health care, and some behavioral health care services. Hopewell Health Centers has 22 locations spanning nine counties in Southeastern Ohio. HHC is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of patients and individuals from the communities which we serve.

The mission of Community Health Improvement Associates (CHIA) is to find solutions to complex problems. Their current focus is on the use of peers, both Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Peer Recovery Supporters (PRSs), to improve the health of individuals. Both CHWs and PRSs help advocate for their patients, connect them to needed resources and support them in developing healthier habits. CHIA is aggressively collaborative and regional in their approach to making our corner of the world a better place.

We are a community of artists dedicated to using photography as a tool for self-expression, personal growth, and social change within the mental health recovery journey.