Ian C. Bates

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These are a collection of images that were made in-between the gaps of long term projects or during assignment work. 

Kylie Westenbarger, 3, looks through a hole ripped in fabric used as insulation for the window of the house her parents moved into after receiving HUD assistance in Shawnee, Ohio.

Frankie Allen looks as a car enters the parking lot of Tyler's Beach in Rushmere Shores, Virginia. Allen works on the oyster boats that work out of Tyler's Beach but spends his off days drinking in the parking lot.

Rapper Nino "X Man" Issac walks into club Blitz while his wife rests on his car before birthday party in Greenwood, Mississippi. Later that evening a fight broke out in the club and shots were fired in the parking lot.

J.R. Harrison looks down the sights of a rifle in an upstairs bedroom of a friend's home while Michael "Roady" Melnek backs against a wall covered in band t-shirts in New Straitsiville, Ohio.

Three hunters walk down the road lining a forested area of Waywayanda State Park to hunt for black bears during New Jersey's annual black bear management hunt in Vernon Township, New Jersey.

New Jersey State and State Park Police officers take photographs of a Black Bear that broke the New Jersey state Black Bear record, with a field-dressed weight of 702.5 pounds and an estimated live weight of 829 pounds in a weigh-in station in Franklin, New Jersey

Participants are handed sombreros from D'Jais Bar during the 25th Annual New Jersey Sandcastle Competition in Belmar, New Jersey.

Skylar Westenbarger, 23, hits a balloon with his daughter, Kylie, 3, inside a friends home where his family was staying while they applied for HUD assistance in New Straitsville, Ohio.

Rosa Mosqueda sits on a bench inside Still Got It Barbershop while her boyfriend cuts hair in Monticello, New York. A customer waits for his turn talking on the phone.

Frankie Allen lays on his back in the harbor of Tyler's Beach to cool off during a hot day in Smithfield, Virginia. Allen works on oyster boats when they have open spots throughout the season.

A girl in a pink dress heads to the back of the grounds for the festival at the Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio.

Hunters prepare to enter the forest during the week-long New Jersey Black bear hunt in Franklin, New Jersey. The hunt took place as a management hunt allowing each hunter one permit to shoot any size black bear to help decrease the population of the bears in New Jersey.

Danny Ridley combs his hair outside of Still Got It Barbershop in Monticello, New York.

Bikers do a run following one another through the Athens Skatepark in Athens, Ohio. The park offers a place for skateboarders, BMX riders and rollerbladers to work on their skills instead of in the streets.

Evening fog in Chauncey, Ohio.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino from MTV's Jersey Shore shakes a fans hand while walking through Club Karma in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

Benjamin Lockhart climbs on the gate of his father's blacksmith shop while his father backs out of the driveway in Logan, Ohio. Benjamin makes knives in his father's shop that sell for upwards of $200.

Rod Conley enters his dirt track car before a race during Skyline Speedway's annual Harvest 50 race in Stewart, Ohio.

Lindsey Distler leaves the stage after performing during a burlesque show in The Union Bar in Athens, Ohio. Distler is a member of Boxcar Burlesque.