Kevin Backus, 32, of Mt. Lookout, W.Va., is pictured after his shift at CONSOL Energy’s Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pa.
Carnegie Mellon University Research Professor Scott Fahlman, 59, is well-known for inventing the emoticon, the smiley face symbol for emails, 25 years ago on September 19, 1982, despite his extensive research in his field.
Dorothy Black, 81, stands in her living room dressed as her favorite character, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, on November 18, 2009. She has been collecting Wizard of Oz memorabilia since the film's release 70 years ago.
“Death will come when it comes,” says Cleo Hamlatt, 95, of Oakland. Until then, she chooses to live with positivity, rejecting those who might bring darkness to her light.
Jesse Fetherman, 2, stands in the back of a pickup truck before trick-or-treating in Millvale, Pa. on Halloween.
Paul 'The Pittsburgh Kid' Spadafora poses for a portrait at Boilermakers Hall in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is training for an upcoming WBA World Title Bout against Johan Perez at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.
Members of the Josh Gibson All-Stars stand on the field before their game against the Anderson Monarchs at Manchester Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. The game was part of the Monarchs' Barnstorming Tour, a 20-city tribute to Jackie Robinson, the Negro Leagues, and the Civil Rights Movement. Both teams wore Negro League uniforms, with the Josh Gibson All-Stars in Homestead Grays uniforms and the Monarchs in Philadelphia Stars uniforms.
Slim Forsythe, 58, plays guitar in front of Nieds Hotel in Lawrenceville, Pa., where he lives and performs. Forsythe, who works in the city’s budget office, has led a colorful life, having worked as a lawyer, self-published author, volunteer at Mother Teresa’s House of the Dying in Calcutta, anti-nuke protester, school bus driver, and more. In 2014, he was inducted into the America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Iowa.
Kaylee Fello, 10, of Hyde Park, Pa., hugs Honey, her favorite horse at Harts to Horses farm in Saltsburg, Pa., after her therapeutic riding session. Kaylee, who has cerebral palsy and was unable to sit up on her own until recently, has gained new strength after nearly five months of riding at Eric and Cindy Hartman’s farm. She has become an inspiration to the Hartmans, who hold her in high regard.
Huang Xiang, considered China’s leading post-Cultural Revolution poet, stands in front of his home, 'House Poem,' in Pittsburgh, Pa. After being imprisoned, tortured, and persecuted in China, Xiang sought asylum and was granted sanctuary at City of Asylum in Pittsburgh.
Staff Sgt. Dominick Mazza and his wife, Candi, face a bittersweet Christmas and New Year as they prepare for his unit, the 110th Infantry 2nd Brigade from Washington County, Pa., to deploy to Camp Shelby in Mississippi before heading to Iraq.
Cowboys sit on their horses at the Fort Armstrong Championship Rodeo at Crooked Creek Horse Park in Ford City, Pa.
Mariamo Mada, 17, of the North Side and originally from Kenya, joins the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 6, 2016. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, which commemorates the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. 'Eid al-Fitr' translates to 'festival of breaking the fast.
A boy plays in a Christian colony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2009. The colony, home to over 2,000 people, lacks running water and electricity, with residents living in tents.
Hussain Haroon, the grandson of one of Pakistan's twelve founding fathers, smokes a cigar in his opulent family home in Karachi. A former assembly speaker in Sindh Province, Haroon is also a prominent social and political leader in Pakistan.
Anton Raphael Mirillo, 28, owner of Trundle Manor, poses in the museum of oddities in Swissvale, Pa.
A Cuban boy poses for a portrait in Havana, Cuba, in March 2012.
A woman leans against a car during the Prince of Wales second-line parade in New Orleans, La.
2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney
Tim Kaiser, the award-winning producer behind hit TV shows like Seinfeld, Will & Grace, and $#! My Dad Says, holds the clapboard from the final scene of Seinfeld's series finale. Kaiser's acclaimed work has earned him Emmys, Golden Globes, and People's Choice Awards.
Iraqi Soldier, Muhallabiyah, Iraq.