Sean Parnell

Sean Parnell, an author and former U.S. Army airborne ranger who served in the 10th Mountain Division for six years, is photographed on Monday, March 18, 2019 at his home in Cranberry, Pa.

Facing a Predator

Erika Brosig, 36, of Johnstown, Pa., clinical director at Victim Services Inc., which works with children and adults who have suffered physical and sexual abuse, sits in her office on Friday, March 8, 2019 in Johnstown, Pa. Brosig was a victim of Johnstown pediatrician Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto who faces more than 70 counts of child sexual assault, stemming from alleged contact with several minors over a nearly 20-year period that started in 1989.

Jennifer Goetz, 42, of Windber, Pa., was a patient and victim of Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto when she was eight or nine years old. The Johnstown pediatrician faces more than 70 counts of child sexual assault, stemming from alleged contact with several minors over a nearly 20-year period that started in 1989.

Jennifer Goetz holds a photo of herself from the age when she was a patient and victim of Dr. Johnnie ÒJackÓ Barto.

Amanda Dorich, 33, of Windber, Pa., sits in her home on Friday, March 8, 2019. Dorich was a patient and victim of Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto. The Johnstown pediatrician faces more than 70 counts of child sexual assault, stemming from alleged contact with several minors over a nearly 20-year period that started in 1989.

Amanda Dorich holds a photo of herself from the age when she was a patient and victim of Dr. Johnnie Barto.

Read more about this story on NBC News.

Sisters

Jill and Joy Procida practice their instruments at their home in Jeannette, Pa., on February 2, 2019.

Street Medicine

Dr. Jim Withers, who established the practice of street medicine, visits with Amanda Stedman, 59, in UPMC Mercy Hospital on Jan. 17, 2018. Withers helped Stedman many years ago get off the streets and find permanent housing. She has been housed for the last few years. Withers has kept in contact with her through the years and wanted to visit with her prior to a surgical procedure.

Dr. Jim Withers (right) stands with Janice Kochik, a nurse practitioner (center), and Joe Tholany, a first-year medical resident, as they wait for an elevator in a hospital prior to visiting a former patient of his on Jan. 17, 2018.

Operation Safety Net's Janice Kochik, a nurse practitioner (right), and Calla Kainaroi, an outreach specialist, drive around Pittsburgh checking on people experiencing homelessness.

Operation Safety Net's Janice Kochik, a nurse practitioner (center), and Calla Kainaroi, an outreach specialist (right), talk with Steve Balog to check on his needs on Jan. 24, 2018, at a transitional camp for people experiencing homelessness near the North Side.

Operation Safety Net's Janice Kochik, a nurse practitioner (center), and Calla Kainaroi, an outreach specialist (left), and Kelsi Bockenhauer, a registered nurse, walk through a transitional camp for people experiencing homelessness on Jan. 24, 2018, near the North Side.

To read more visit PublicSource: Street medicine, made in Pittsburgh: A gritty, compassionate solution to everything that’s wrong with health care written by Tim Maddocks.

FarmJammaLamma

A few images from my weekend camping with friends at FarmJammaLamma on July 6, 2018 in Brookville, Pa. 

Great-Grandparent Caregiver

Cameron Gorman, 3, searches for a butterknife as his great-grandmother, Patricia Savulchak, 73, tends to his one-year-old sister, Layla, at her house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa. Savulchak has kinship caregiver status over her great-grandchildren, after their mother died of an opioid overdose in March.

Patricia Savulchak, 73, sits with her great-grandchildren, one-year-old, Layla, and Cameron Gorman, 3, at her house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Cameron Gorman, 3, sits with his one-year-old sister, Layla, at their great-grandmother's house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa. The two began living with with their great-grandmother, Patricia Savulchak, 73, who has kinship caregiver status, after their mother died of an opioid overdose in March.

Cameron Gorman, 3, holds a snake he found on a vacant lot next to his great-grandmother's house on June 10, 2017.

Read more about Patricia and her raising her great-grandchildren in the Arizona Daily Star. 

The Death of Nyia Page

Darlene Scott, 33, weeps as she talks about the loss of her 23-month-old daughter, Nyia, at her home on Feb. 25, 2018, in Duquesne, Pa. Nyia's body was found frozen to the ground in an abandoned playground in Rankin on Feb. 4, 2007, a day after her parents reported her missing. Police found her footprints in the snow near where they found her body. Her father, William Page, was found guilty of sexually assaulting her and leaving her to die. He was sentenced to life in prison. Nyia's death is still felt throughout the communities of Rankin and Braddock.

Rankin Police Chief Ryan Wooten points to Nyia Page's footprints that are cast in the concrete of a memorial to her as he visits the memorial with Elizabeth Matthews on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin. Matthews takes care of the memorial site where Nyia's 23-month-old body was found on Feb. 4, 2007.

A memorial for Nyia Page is dusted with freshly fallen snow on Jan. 25, 2018, in Rankin, Pa.

Elizabeth Matthews of Rankin walks down the steps from a memorial to Nyia Page on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin. Matthews believes Nyia's spirit is still at the site.

Braddock Mayor John Fetterman shows tattoos on his arm for every homicide in Braddock including Nyia's death on Feb. 3, 2007. He considers her murder the worst day of his time in office as mayor.

Rankin Police Chief Ryan Wooten sits in his office with a family album of photographs of Nyia Page on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin.

Nyia Page's headstone sits in a dusting of snow and surrounded by fake flowers in Fairview Cemetery on Feb. 25, 2018, in McKeesport, Pa.

Darlene Scott, 33, weeps as she talks about the loss of her 23-month-old daughter, Nyia, at her home on Feb. 25, 2018, in Duquesne, Pa. 

Nyia's body was found frozen to the ground in an abandoned playground in Rankin on Feb. 4, 2007, a day after her parents reported her missing. Police found her footprints in the snow near where they found her body. Her father, William Page, was found guilty of sexually assaulting her and leaving her to die. He was sentenced to life in prison. Nyia's death is still felt throughout the communities of Rankin and Braddock. To read more about Nyia's story visit the Post-Gazette.

Life Beneath Powerplants

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I spent several days traveling around Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia for Bloomberg and ran across Aaron Schissler, 8, as he jumps on his trampoline at his home near FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Plant on Sunday, December 3, 2017 in Shippingport, Pa. You can see more of my images from this shoot at Bloomberg. 

Pittsburgh's Strip District

Stephanie Strasburg and I recently took our Pittsburgh Filmmakers documentary photography class for a photo walk through Pittsburgh's Strip District. These are a few of the images that I made on the walk. 

Along the Promenade

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Daren Johnson, 64, busks on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 along the promenade of the Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall in Winchester, Va. Johnson, a retired school teacher and former supporter of Hillary Clinton, is exhausted by recent elections, but will vote in the upcoming gubernatorial election. Being uninsured and relying on a free healthcare clinic he cares deeply about the state of healthcare in America. Read more about this story in The New York Post. 

Dezmaire Baker

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Dezmaire Baker, 17, gave birth to her son in eighth grade and is now a sophomore at Woodland Hills High School. Her son, Dorian, has just celebrated his second birthday.

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Dezmaire Baker sits on the couch watching her 2-year-old son, Dorian, play at her family's Braddock home. Dezmaire gave birth to Dorian when she was in eighth grade.

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Dorian, 2, plays with a flashlight at his Braddock home on Feb. 28, 2017.

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Dorian Baker, 2, stands in the doorway of his Braddock home on Feb. 28, 2017. 

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Dezmaire Baker, 17, poses for a portrait at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Homestead on Feb. 16, 2017.

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Ronnika Baker, 36, holds her grandson, Dorian, 2, in the dining room of their Braddock home on Feb. 28, 2017.

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Dorian Baker, 2, lays on the ground and laughs at a family gathering to celebrate his 2nd birthday at his Braddock home on April 3, 2017.

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Dezmaire Baker, 17, helps her son, Dorian, 2, to ride a scooter along the sidewalk in front of their Braddock home on April 3, 2017.

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Ronnika Baker, 36, holds her grandson, Dorian, 2, as she sits on the porch of their Braddock home on April 3, 2017.

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Dezmaire participates in the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s Project ELECT Program, which helps low-income pregnant teens and teen parents focus on education, training and employment goals. Here, her son, Dorian, looks out the window at his grandmother, Ronnika Baker, 36, at their Braddock home.

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As the family gathered for her son's second birthday, Dezmaire Baker watched after him and stood near the edge of the sidewalk to stop Dorian from running into the street.

Dezmaire gave birth in eighth grade. As a teen mom in Pittsburgh, she’s fighting to beat the odds and graduate. Read her story at PublicSource. 

Hot Weather

United States Postal Service mail carrier Sue Mulkern takes a break along her mail route to cool off in four-year-old Destiney Dixon's pool in front of her home along Boyle Street on the North Side of Pittsburgh. "Everyday she waits for me," said Mulkern, "and today she asked me to take off my shoes and socks and get in and I said I think I will." Temperatures reached 90 degrees across the region and left many people to find some means of staying cool.