by Joe | news photography, outdoors, pittsburgh, sky
I was walking from downtown Pittsburgh to the North Shore the other day. It was a cloudy, gray day – the kind of day that people seem to stay inside for. Then I came across Yu Zhou (left) and his daughter Liu Duan, both downtown residents, practicing Tai Chi... by Joe | fire, firefighters, news photography
November has been a pretty eventful month. Wedding season is winding down, but there really isn’t an off season. I worked all weekend long finishing up albums before the printer’s deadline of midnight Sunday. They’re going to be terrific and once... by Joe | news photography
Last Friday, I covered the debate between the candidates in the upcoming mayoral election in Pittsburgh. It was fun to listen to the candidates spar with each other, but really the race is Luke Ravenstahl’s to lose so there were a lot of verbal attacks directed... by Joe | news photography
It all seemed to go so quickly. The world leaders arrived on Thursday and are already gone. Pittsburgh was essentially shut down for the better part of a work week, but I’ll leave it for others to decide for themselves whether or not it was all worth it. I... by Joe | news photography, Uncategorized
Things got a little bit crazier today. It started out with serenity as a group of Burmese monks marched to downtown from the North Side. Along the way they chanted prayers for peace. At the end of the march at the security fencing on Liberty Ave. at Tenth St. the... by Joe | news photography
The G-20 protests started over last weekend and look like they’ll pick up over the next few days as dignitaries and national media arrive in Pittsburgh. I walked downtown today to check out a protest calling for increased funding for AIDS medication. It was...