Portraits

A Black woman in a purple dress and silver-gray braids stands smiling with her arms crossed in open lobby with stairs

Kathy Humphrey, president of Carlow University.

A blonde, white woman with shoulder length hair in blazer and blouse smiles into the distance with stone walls and windows behind her

A brown-haired, white women in maroon coat, black top and orange skirt smiles as she stands on street corner with houses in the background

Top: Lauren Hobart, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods. Bottom: Hilary Taylor, candidate for district judge.

Left: Lauren Hobart, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods. Right: Hilary Taylor, candidate for district judge.

A white, female dancer in white tutu strikes a pose with a male dancer holding her

Long-time Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre principal dancer Julia Erickson performs Swan Lake for the final time with Alexandre Silva.

A young, Black girl makes a heart shape with paint-spattered hands to frames her eye as she smiles

Two young, Black girls paint as a Black woman sings into a paint brush in a studio with a wall filled with paintings

Top: Sienna Clifford, 6, a regular attendee at Vanessa German’s Art House in Homewood. Bottom: Trinity Reynolds, 6, left, paints while Tori Hammond, 8, center, laughs as artist and founder of the Art House Vanessa German sings. German hopes “the people and the kids who come to the Art House will find a place inside of creating–inside of the actual process of moving the paint brush over the page, or choosing colors or choosing fabrics – they’ll find a place inside of these choices where they meet their best, most creative and imaginative and supportive selves.”

Right: Sienna Clifford, 6, a regular attendee at Vanessa German’s Art House in Homewood. Left: Trinity Reynolds, 6, left, paints while Tori Hammond, 8, center, laughs as artist and founder of the Art House Vanessa German sings. German hopes “the people and the kids who come to the Art House will find a place inside of creating–inside of the actual process of moving the paint brush over the page, or choosing colors or choosing fabrics – they’ll find a place inside of these choices where they meet their best, most creative and imaginative and supportive selves.”

A white woman, with short, gray, curly hair poses with a smil

A brunette, white woman in purple dress and colorful belt poses with clasped hands while smiling

A Black woman with, short gray-white hair, red lipstick and navy dress clasps hands while smiling

A blonde, white woman poses with hand on her hip in a black suit coat

A brunette, white woman wearing a wraparound navy dress smiles

A Black woman with a brown bob hair cut, gray pants suit smiles while clasping hands

Carlow University's Women of Spirit 2021. From left: Sister Susan Welsh, Kim Berkeley Clark, Anne V. Lewis, Karen Larrimer, Kristen S. Kurland and Nancy D. Washington.

Carlow University's Women of Spirit 2021. Clockwise from left: Sister Susan Welsh, Kim Berkeley Clark, Anne V. Lewis, Nancy D. Washington, Kristen S. Kurland and Karen Larrimer.

Carlow University's Women of Spirit 2021. Top Row: Sister Susan Welsh, left, and Kim Berkeley Clark. Middle Row: Anne V. Lewis, left, and Karen Larrimer. Bottom Row: Kristen S. Kurland, left, and Nancy D. Washington.

A Black man stands in front of a power plant smoke stacks and steam colored deep red from the susnet

Herman Marshman, the four-term president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, stands outside the First Energy Bruce Mansfield coal fired power plant.

A balding, Black man rests his hand on his chin as he looks deep in thought

A white couple stand together on a dock overlooking a pond dressed in winter coats and surrounded by leafless trees

Top: Lenier Allen lives with suicidal ideation but has never followed through with these thoughts because of how his brother's suicide affected the family. "Suicide is not the answer," Mr. Allen says. "Somebody out there somewhere is affected by your actions." Instead he has sought out therapy and believe it makes him stronger and more able to cope with his feelings. Bottom: The day Grant Taylor died by suicide "our hearts were ripped out.” “…they do heal but, there is so much scar tissue our lives will never be the same," says his father Keith Taylor. Suzanne, Grant's mother, says the couple had to find a "new normal" without their youngest son.

Left: Lenier Allen lives with suicidal ideation but has never followed through with these thoughts because of how his brother's suicide affected the family. "Suicide is not the answer," Mr. Allen says. "Somebody out there somewhere is affected by your actions." Instead he has sought out therapy and believe it makes him stronger and more able to cope with his feelings. Right: The day Grant Taylor died by suicide "our hearts were ripped out.” “…they do heal but, there is so much scar tissue our lives will never be the same," says his father Keith Taylor. Suzanne, Grant's mother, says the couple had to find a "new normal" without their youngest son.

A Black woman with short dark hair, wearing hoop earrings and looking straight ahead, smiles broadly

Lois Weaver Watson, a retired school teacher, at her home in the Hill District. The first time she was photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris, around when she was seven, was as part of a group of young dancers performing in “Gypsy Rover” with Lena Horne. Throughout the ‘40’s and ‘50’s, she was photographed numerous other times, both individually and in groups, by Harris. Her picture as the “Easter girl” ran on the front page of the Pittsburgh Courier when she was 15.

An older Black woman in fancy sweatsuit sits on her bed with red comforter and bright blue patterned curtains behind her

An older Black woman stands with hands clasped, illuminated by setting sun, on the lawn of an ornate Gothic-style chapel

Top: Marilyn Ware Parker, a long-time Pittsburgh Public School District teacher, on the grounds of the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. She was photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris upon the occasion of receiving a Robert L. Vann scholarship to attend the university. He killed “two birds with one stone,” said Parker about Harris working to make sure the university building was visible in the background of the photo. Bottom: Lillian Allen, at 101-years-old, at her home in the Hill District. The long-time beauty shop owner was photographed numerous times by Harris.

Left: Marilyn Ware Parker, a long-time Pittsburgh Public School District teacher, on the grounds of the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. She was photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris upon the occasion of receiving a Robert L. Vann scholarship to attend the university. He killed “two birds with one stone,” said Parker about Harris working to make sure the university building was visible in the background of the photo. Right: Lillian Allen, at 101-years-old, at her home in the Hill District. The long-time beauty shop owner was photographed numerous times by Harris.

An older Black man wearing a ball cap and plaid button-down shirt leans against stair railing with brick porch post behind him, as he smiles

An older Black woman with short gray hair, a long strand of pearls and dress suit poses with her arm on a chair in a living room

Left: George Charlton, at his home in Lincoln-Lemington. He was photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris during his years of military service and also, as a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Charlton was walking down the street in 1943 when Harris ran out of his shop. “I had on my Calvary uniform. My big hat, my Texas hat, as they were called, my boots, spurs and breeches.” Harris stopped him for photo. “When ‘Teenie’ took your picture, what you see is what you got,” said Charlton. Right: Alma Speed Fox, a human rights activist and past president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP, at her home in Stanton Heights. Another Harris subject, Tim Stevens called Fox his “civil rights mother.”

Top: George Charlton, at his home in Lincoln-Lemington. He was photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris during his years of military service and also, as a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Charlton was walking down the street in 1943 when Harris ran out of his shop. “I had on my Calvary uniform. My big hat, my Texas hat, as they were called, my boots, spurs and breeches.” Harris stopped him for photo. “When ‘Teenie’ took your picture, what you see is what you got,” said Charlton. Bottom: Alma Speed Fox, a human rights activist and past president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP, at her home in Stanton Heights. Another Harris subject, Tim Stevens called Fox his “civil rights mother.”

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