Steamy Installation by Justin Merriman

Samuel Garland, 51, of North Braddock moves mulch for the installation, "A Winter Landscape Cradling Bits of Sparkle" by artist Jennifer Wen Ma in Market Square on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015.

Perle by Justin Merriman

David Case, owner of PMI in Market Square, is silhouetted against a wall at Perle in Market Square on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015.

Youth American Grand Prix by Justin Merriman

Emily Fonville, 15, of Rochester, MI, center, rehearses on  an open stage during the auditions for the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) regional semi-finals on Saturday at the Byham Theater, Downtown, Feb. 14, 2015. Throughout the weekend hundreds of ballet dancers from 9-19 attended workshops, competitions, and dance classes.  YAGP awards more than $250,000 a year in scholarships to send young dancers to leading schools and dance companies to continue their training.  Selected competitors will continue on to the finals in New York.

African American Heritage by Justin Merriman

John L. Ford Sr. is reflected in a display case as Capt. Darren Rogers, 911th Air Force Reserves, speaks at the 5th Annual African American Heritage Celebration's "Black Veterans With Success, Their History, Health and Commitment to Excellence" event on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland.

Sister Nyirumbe by Justin Merriman

Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, director of the St. Monica's Girls Tailoring Center in Gulu, Uganda, was presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Thursday, evening, Feb. 5, 2015 at Duquesne University. Honored by Time Magazine as one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2014, Sister Nyirumbe is the subject of the documentary, Sewing Hope, which chronicles her work at the Gulu vocational school, where she works with survivors of the Ugandan civil war. Many of the young women and girls were kidnapped from their families and forced to be married and child soldiers.  To learn more about Sister Nyirumbe's work and the film, Sewing Hope visit sewinghope.com.

A Flight of Gulls by Justin Merriman

Gulls flock to Pittsburgh's three rivers near the North Shore on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The gulls have migrated from the frozen Great Lakes to the open waters of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers of Pittsburgh. Estimates put the flock's size as high as 7,000 and comprising of many different species of gulls including ring-billed, herring gull, Iceland gull, glaucous gull and lesser and greater black-backed gulls and kelp gull. Read more about the visiting gulls in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Boyce Park Slopes by Justin Merriman

Skiers take to the slopes at Boyce Park during their SnowFest 2015 on January 24, 2015 in Plum, PA.  SnowFest 2015 runs from Jan. 23-25 and includes indoor and outdoor games, activities as well as the usual activities offered at the park.

Haiti's Earthquake by Justin Merriman

On January 12, 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, leaving a death toll that Haiti's government puts at 316,000.  I traveled to Haiti for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in the days that followed the earthquake.  These are a few of my images.