By Sav McKee | Photos by Erich Hiner
This story first appeared in the September 2025 edition of (614) Magazine. © 2025 (614) Media Group. Reproduced with permission.
Hall & Oates, Peter Frampton, Neil Young, and Queen are all helping feed Central Ohio. Well, sort of.
Nearly five decades ago, Greg Sours was photographing concerts for the Ohio-based magazine Focus Rock Entertainment. From the pit and stage, he captured rock icons in their prime. “Somehow I managed to keep the negatives safe, dry, and in good shape, and eventually digitized them,” said Greg. Now, those images have found a new purpose: raising awareness and funds for Mid-Ohio Food Collective.
“It was just an idea that I came up with,” he said. “It upsets me that in the richest country in the world, people go to sleep at night hungry. I’ve never been in a situation where I was concerned about my next meal, but there are a lot of people who are.”
MOFC was the obvious choice for Greg. “What really impresses me about MOFC is that they provide so much to the community—they give knowledge on how to prepare food, they grow food, and they offer programs. It’s the best choice for a charity because you know that your dollar is going to go as far as it can go.”
Greg prints, frames, and sells his photographs, often including the colored-copies of concert ticket stubs in the frame, too. Prices range from $40 to $150, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to MOFC.
“IT’S THE BEST CHOICE FOR A CHARITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR DOLLAR IS GOING TO GO AS FAR AS IT CAN GO.”
While buyers across the country have discovered his work, about 90% of his customers are right here in Columbus. Freddie Mercury, pre-mustache, mid-leap, Peter Frampton lost in a guitar solo—these are pieces of music history, sure, but they’re now funding meals for local families.
Greg once volunteered in MOFC’s kitchen, chopping vegetables and prepping meals. Standing for long shifts isn’t possible anymore, he said, so this project became his way to keep giving back meaningfully. “This is something for me to do that keeps me busy, where everybody wins,” he noted. So far, he’s raised around $4,000 for MOFC.
And, perhaps, most importantly, he emphasized that, “There’s no element of shame that exists at MOFC. They’re there to help people any way they can.”
You can find Greg’s work at Sours Photo on Facebook. Contact soursphoto@gmail.com for more inquiries.
