G20 Summit - Thursday

Written By Justin Merriman
A Pennsylvania National Guardsman stands watch on the West End Bridge early Thursday morning.
Supporters of a free Tibet march through Oakland.
A demonstrator for a free Tibet marches through Oakland.
Protesters avoid the pepper gas fired by police in Lawrenceville during their march.
A U.S. Coast Guard boat heads up the Monongahela River beneath the Smithfield Street Bridge Thursday morning.
Supporters for a free Tibet hold signs as they march through Oakland.
Police stand in a smoke cloud from a smoke bomb after a clash with protesters along Baum Boulevard during a march by demonstrators on Thursday.
Police arrest a protester near Baum Boulevard during a march by demonstrators on Thursday.
Police arrest a protester near Baum Boulevard.
Supporters of a free Tibet march along Forbes Avenue in Oakland on Thursday.
Police stand watch along Liberty Avenue near the Iron City Brewery near Lawrenceville during a march by demonstrators on Thursday.
Protesters push a dumpster at police down Liberty Avenue in Lawrenceville.
A protester with his face concealed stands in the crowded streets of Lawrenceville during a protest march on Thursday.
A protester runs through gas after police fired several canisters at the protesters in Lawrenceville.
A protester dressed as a cow taunts police in Lawrenceville.
Adele Meyer, 20, of Bloomfield skips in front of Police officers along Liberty Avenue as they move towards a large group of protesters.
A protester cheers as he marches through Bloomfield on Thursday.
Police take a defensive posture as they fire tear gas and shoot beanbag bullets at protesters along Baum Boulevard.
Police line up to fire non-lethal ammunition at protesters along Baum Boulevard during a march on Thursday.
Police form a blockade as they confront a protester along Baum Boulevard.
Police watch as protesters run off from Baum Boulevard during a march by demonstrators on Thursday.
Police form a blockade as they head to confront protesters along Baum Boulevard.
A large group of police stand across Baum Boulevard after a protest march turned violent on Thursday. Protesters threw rocks at police and broke several windows along their march from Lawrenceville.

These are a few of my images from my coverage of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on Thursday, September 24, 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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