Press Conference I

You may have noticed that I haven't posted to eyesonfire for about a week. But have no fear. That week delay made it possible for me to concentrate on shooting the first installment of many-part series on Press Conferences. Enjoy!

-m.

Unfit for human living...

Above: Robert McPherson, senior building inspector for the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection, talks with several Bureau of Fire firefighters about violations at 331 (right) and 337 McKee Place in Oakland as the group posts signs declaring the apartment buildings unfit for human habitation on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Below: Robert McPherson, senior building inspector for the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection, and Nick Florian, Bureau of Fire firefighter, post signs in 337 McKee Place in Oakland declaring the apartment building unfit for human habitation on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Flight

Post-Gazette reporter Matt Smith rides along with John Klatt, a major in the Air National Guard and aerobatics pilot who will be performing in the Wings Over Pittsburgh Airshow, during a flight around Pittsburgh on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

Oliver Miller Homestead

Re-enactor Mary Pat Swauger of White Hall speaks with Barbara Bockrath (not pictured) of Bethel Park in front of Mansfield, the Stone House of the Oliver Miller Homestead during the Homestead's opening day on Sunday, May 4, 2008.

Church Murals

David Crawford, one of four actors performing in a dramatic reading of the play "Gifts to America", goes through his lines at the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Millvale on Sunday, May 4, 2008. The play is being put on by the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka as a way to raise awareness of the murals and launch a drive to raise funds for their permanent illumination. It will be performed on May 7-10 at the church at 8:30 p.m.

Skate Re-edit

Or, in black and white with some contrast....

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