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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.