The 15th annual Gathering of the Juggalos took place in Thornville, OH this year. It’s a return to Ohio after years at Cave In Rock in Southern Illinois. This is my 5th Gathering and my first not at the terrifying Cave In Rock. Thornville is very close to Columbus, OH and there were two gas stations within feet of the camp grounds. I stayed in a hotel a quick 10 minute drive away. It certainly took away some of the “holy shit we are in the middle of nowhere” vibe and made it the most media heavy Gathering yet. It did have some advantages and as always I took a million crazy photos but it just wasn’t quite the same.

I covered the Gathering for Voice Media Group and for Rolling Stone. In the past VMG has published cover stories on the Gathering in both the Village Voice and River Front Times. The Voice cover story by Camille Dodero our first year sort of broke this festival to the world and the rest of the media world has jumped on board. I miss the days when there were just a handful of media there but I guess that just means I need to find some other underground shit to exploit right?

In my first of 11 updates from the Gathering of the Juggalos I am going to start with my favorite juggalo portraits. I don’t know why I would put all my favorite images into one update but fuck it, this is the shit I am moderately proud of.  There’s gonna be a lot of updates so I am just gonna leave you to the photos. Hopefully I will have three more for you tomorrow but this is it for today. It’s a pretty good update though I think.

If you wanna see past GOTJ photos click here. And there is some mild nudity in this gallery so it’s NSFW or whatever.

Click here to see all my favorite Juggalo portraits from the 2014 Gathering of the Juggalos.

 

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