G20 Summit - Friday

Written By Justin Merriman
Jason Hurd, 30, of Kingsport, TN a demonstrator with Iraq Veterans Against the War, wears his dog tags as he protests in front of Soldiers' and Sailors Hall in Oakland before the start of the permitted march from Oakland to Downtown on Friday, September 25, 2009. Hurd served 10 years in the Army as a medic and spent one year deployed in Iraq.
A man walks past a chalk painting along Fifth Avenue in Oakland calling for the end to the Iraq war.
A protester gives the peace sign to police at the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland before the start of the permitted march from Oakland to Downtown on Friday.
A protester cheers at the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland before the start of the permitted march.
A protester who refused to be identified stands between a line of Pennsylvania State Police troopers before the start of Friday's protest.
Supporters of a free Tibet protest in front of Soldiers' and Sailors Hall in Oakland before the start of the permitted march.
Russ Fedorka, 57, of McKeesport tries to block police from the tail end of the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland.
A protester cheers at the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland before the start of the permitted march.
A protester tries to block a police vehicle at the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland.
A protester covers his face at the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland.
A protester tries to block a police line at the back of the rally along Fifth Avenue in Oakland.
Riot police line the streets of Oakland on Friday night before police clashed with protesters and arrested dozens.
A protester stands along Forbes Avenue in Oakland before the protest was stopped by hundreds of police who arrested dozens of protesters.
Tribune Review photojournalist Guy Wathen has his eyes washed out by a protest medic near Heinz Chapel in Oakland after police maced him while he was trying to get out of the area blocked by police.

Here are a few photos from the final day of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on Friday, September 25, 2009 .
Justin Merriman

Justin Merriman, a freelance photojournalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has traveled the world to cover politics, wars, natural disasters, civil unrest as well as covering assignment throughout the United States. His work has appeared in leading national publications and he has received multiple top journalism awards.   

After covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – including the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania – Merriman committed to chronicling the U.S. military and its war on terror.  He has followed this story across the United States and into the conflict zones of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He also has covered life in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 2002, India’s efforts to eradicate polio from its population, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba in 2012, the 2013 conclave and election of Pope Francis in Rome, the second anniversary of Egypt’s revolution and subsequent unrest, Russia’s invasion of Crimea and the international political crisis that unfolded in Ukraine in 2014, a look inside of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2015 and its uncertain future, and most recently, traveled the entire U.S. border with Mexico documenting issues on immigration. 

Merriman’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Time, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and other publications across the globe. 

He has been recognized with numerous regional, national and international awards from organizations including Pictures of the Year International, Society of Professional Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association, the Society for News Design, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Northern Short Course, the Southern Short Course, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Military Reporters and Editors Association, and the Western Pennsylvania Press Club. He was awarded Photographer of the Year by the News Photographer Association of Greater Pittsburgh four times and most recently was honored with the Keystone Press Award’s 2016 Distinguished Visual Award from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Merriman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Writing. In 2009, the university awarded him its prestigious Alumnus of Distinction award. 

Currently Merriman lives in Oakmont with his fiancé, Stephanie Strasburg, a photojournalist with PublicSource. 

http://www.justinmerriman.com
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