Bobby Redman performs a skateboard trick through a ring of fire during the Shred Till You’re Dead skate event in Polish Hill on Nov. 1, 2025. Credit: Mars Johnson At the end of each year I sit down and comb through thousands of photographs from the past 12 months that highlight the vibrant c ity of Pittsburgh. Narrowing down my favorite images is a difficult task as each day hosts a new opportunity to capture exciting moments. While politicians frequented the city last year to campaign for the presidential election, 2025 brought action and organization from local leaders. Yinzers took to the streets to stand up for their neighbors and to fight back against hate. This year I was able to make a wide variety of photographs from politics, to action sports and portraits of the community. Pittsburgh continues to be an exciting place to document and a city I am lucky to call home. I want to thank each and every person I have met along the way and I look forward to what 2026 has to offer. Mark Saab holds upside down American flags during a 50501 protest downtown on Feb. 17, 2025. Callie DiSabato, a Not on Our Dime organizer, sits for a portrait at home on March 23, 2025. Dejour Palmer poses for a portrait in Downtown Pittsburgh on July 30, 2025. From Jordana Rosenfeld’s story An incarcerated man was hospitalized. His family and lawyer say they were “kept in the dark“ A fallen tree rests on a Tesla after severe storms in Squirrel Hill on April 29, 2025. Cori Fraser hugs their kid, Salem at home on March 27, 2025. Michael Watkins of Charleroi poses for a portrait while watching the Washington Wild Things play the New Jersey Jackals at EQT Stadium on July 29, 2025. Riverhounds fans smoke out the fan section before the USL Eastern Conference Final on Nov. 15, 2025.  Kids react to the brand new bikes now available to ride at the Promise Center in Homewood on May 9, 2025. Lillian Sogga dances during a celebration for BOOM Concepts’ new rotunda project in the East End on May 15, 2025. Electra Locke, 3, feeds goats at the Pittsburgh County Fair on Sept. 13, 2025. The Savannah Bananas present the “Banana Baby” to a sold out crowd at PNC Park on Aug. 30, 2025. The Pittsburgh International Airport unveils Alexander Calder’s “Pittsburgh” in their new terminal on Sept. 4, 2025 Pittsburgh Police officers clash with protesters while using pepper spray outside of the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in which President Trump was attending at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025. Quintin Jones picks up his son Josiah while playing flag football during the NFL Play 60 training camp at the Heinz History Center on Feb. 1, 2025. The Pittsburgh Riveters square off against the Minnesota Aurora FC in a USL W League Playoff game at Highmark Stadium on July 4, 2025. Bhante Kamalasiri, Bhante Metta and Bhante Pemaratana adjust a Bodhi tree, a sacred fig tree in Buddhism at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center on July 16, 2025. Gianni Michael Emricko takes to the microphone before facing off against KC Warr on Jan. 13, 2025. Thousands of people gather outside of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh during a ‘No Kings’ protest organized by Indivisible Pittsburgh on Oct. 18, 2025. Mayor Ed Gainey hosts a bus tour of affordable housing built under his administration on April 23, 2025. Hazell Azzer performs a vogue routine during the Pittsburgh Pride Parade on June 1, 2025. Local students and community members gather outside of Sixth Presbyterian Church in Squirrel Hill to rally against gun violence on Sept. 4, 2025. Crystal Jennings-Rivera marches in front of the Whole Foods Market which was built after Penn Plaza residents were served eviction notices 10 years ago. Corey O’Connor celebrates his election win with his wife, Katie, at the IBEW Local 5 on Nov. 4, 2025. Leslie “Ezra” Smith poses for a portrait in Oakland on Feb. 3, 2025. Second Baptist Church in Leechburg seen on Feb. 19, 2025 Valley Plumbing Heating in Leechburg, Pa on Feb. 19, 2025 Rep. Summer Lee addresses the local media during a town hall on April 16, 2025. Venazir Martinez poses for a portrait while working on a mural in Bloomfield for HCUAP. LaTrea Derome Rembert performs Sum of Y’all along with PearlArts dancers in Braddock on Mar. 28, 2025. Finley Ciesielka, 7, dances as the Eagleburger Band plays near PNC Park before the Pirates Home Opener on April 4, 2025. Barrett Lage, a student at Point Park University, runs from Parker Schuller, left, and Teddy Malinowski, right, as they throw snowballs on Jan. 6, 2025. The post CP Year in Review: Staff Photographer Mars Johnson’s favorite photos of 2025 appeared first on Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, Film. ...read more read less