Close-Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2014

APRIL 2015 – MARCH 2016 The Close-Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2014 exhibit, featured more than 70 photos from 2014, including the work of 16 photographers.

A row of modern glass skyscrapers with pointed roofs, their reflective surfaces catching the light, stand in front of a large, bright full moon against a clear blue sky.

The joy of graduation, the grief of personal loss, the determination needed to win – photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette framed the city and its people over the past year. As photographers captured the faces and feelings of the people in the region, they created an intimate portrait of the moments that made news.

The Close-Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2014 exhibit, on the History Center’s fourth floor, features more than 70 photos from 2014, including the work of 16 photographers.

Photo Gallery

A musician in a blue blazer plays a brown electric bass guitar on stage, gesturing with one hand and singing into a microphone, illuminated by blue stage lights against a dark background.

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney, by John Heller, July 07, 2014
Sir Paul McCartney, 72, back at CONSOL, reacts to the crowd’s standing ovation as he takes the stage and opens his show with “Eight Days a Week.”

A Catholic bishop in white and gold vestments holds a yellow Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible Towel and looks at it while standing outside a church building.

Saying Goodbye
Saying Goodbye, by Lake Fong, June 16, 2014
Bishop David Zubik is presented with a Terrible Towel after conducting the funeral of former Steelers head coach Chuck Noll at the St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland.

Four people and a white dog are outside a gray building. A woman in a black dress is stepping down worn, crumbling stairs as three others stand nearby. One man in a red shirt is petting the white dog near the metal railing at the base of the steps.

Prom
Prom, by Julia Rendleman, May 29, 2014
Iesha Stover, 19, leaves her house in Wilkinsburg, Pa. with her mother, Tracey Alcantara, stepfather, Lee Epps, brother, Luke Stover, 20, and Leelee, the family dog, headed to her senior prom. Iesha, who works part-time at Salvatore’s Pizza House, saved the $358 she needed to purchase her prom dress.

Large sheets of ice cover a river with steam rising in the cold air; a bridge spans the river with a city skyline featuring tall buildings in the background under a cloudy sky.

River Ice
River Ice, by Darrell Sapp, January 7, 2014
A layer of ice covers the Allegheny along the North Shore looking toward downtown Pittsburgh, during a deep freeze.

A group of young girls in traditional Indian dance costumes stand backstage at a history museum in the US, illuminated by warm lighting. Most of the girls wear red outfits with gold accents, while one girl wears a yellow costume. They are standing together, looking focused and ready to perform.

Indian Dancers
Indian Dancers, by Andrew Rush, October 25, 2014
A group of dancers with the Sanskruti Dance Troupe wait for their performance off stage at the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Penn Hills.

A Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player wearing a black jersey with the number 22 and a helmet stands on the field with arms spread wide and a big smile.

Andrew McCutchen
He’s Out!, by Peter Diana, June 12, 2014
Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen reacts after being called out trying to stretch a double into a triple against the Cubs at PNC Park.

A woman with long hair and a red scarf stands among tall, blooming sunflowers. She is surrounded by green leaves, and there are some pink flowers in the foreground.

Sunflowers
Sunflowers, by Robin Rombach, October 5, 2014
Lauren Brungo picks sunflowers at Soergel’s Orchards in Wexford.

A man dressed in a Superman costume washes windows outside a building, smiling and giving a thumbs up to a young boy inside who is taking his photo with a tablet.

Superman
Superman, by Ralph Musthaler, October 21, 2014
Local Allegheny Window Washing employee, Ed Hetrick, poses for Douglas Mitchell, 3, of Baden, after cleaning the windows of UPMC Children’s.

An elderly woman in a military uniform smiles at the camera while holding an American flag at an outdoor memorial service; in the background, several people stand under umbrellas and folded flags are visible on tables.

Memorial
Memorial, by Larry Roberts, May 15, 2014
Ruthe D’Hert of Pittsburgh stands with the crowd behind urns holding the remains of 28 veterans remembered at a burial ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.

A man wearing a hat and water shoes slides down a natural rock waterslide with water splashing around him, surrounded by large rocks. Several other people stand further upstream along the rocky terrain in the background.

Natural Slide
Natural Slide, by Rebecca Droke, July 18, 2014
David Raymond of York goes down the natural slides at Ohiopyle State Park on Friday, July 18, 2014. Mr. Raymond and his family are camping at the park.