Andrew Rush

Andrew Rush has been a photographer at the Post-Gazette since 2007. He started his career as chief photographer at the New Castle News in New Castle, Pa, after graduating from the University of Missouri Journalism School. He lives in Beaver, Pa. with his wife and two sons. You can follow him on Twitter @andrewrush.

Take a Father to School Day 2018

By Andrew Rush

The Pittsburgh Public Schools held their annual “Take a Father to School Day 2018,” welcoming fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and positive male role models.

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Dance with class

By Andrew Rush

Dance partners Alisha Carter and Michael Gredler wait with other fifth-graders from Pittsburgh Montessori before the Final Team Match of Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Oakland. View The Gallery >

Pitt’s women gymnasts to compete in NCAA regionals

By Andrew Rush

Pitt gymnasts during practice at Trees Hall on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in Oakland. View The Gallery >

Funeral Mass for slain New Kensington police officer

By Andrew Rush, Pam Panchak, Darrell Sapp and Rebecca Droke

Police officers outside Mount Saint Peter Church for the funeral of slain New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw on Wednesday, Nov. View The Gallery >

Sept. 11 memorial in Shanksville

By Stephanie Strasburg and Andrew Rush

Everett Lata, left, 13, and his sister Ellie, right, 12, of Saylorsburg, place flowers by the name of their great grandmother Hilda Marcin along the Wall of Names on Monday, Sept. View The Gallery >

Pitt Shadow Bandits capture the Great American Eclipse

By Andrew Rush

Janvi Madhani and Grace Chu, both undergraduates in physics and astronomy and part of the University of Pittsburgh Shadow Bandits team, sit under a screen for detecting shadow bands the day before the Great American Eclipse in Barren Plains, Tenn. View The Gallery >

Viewing the solar eclipse in Pittsburgh and beyond

By Steve Mellon, Stephanie Strasburg, Nate Guidry and Andrew Rush

Xuning Yang joined hundreds of other Carnegie Mellon University students watching the eclipse on the campus lawn. View The Gallery >

Baby elephant makes public debut at zoo

By Andrew Rush

A 4-week-old baby elephant inspects a camera after meeting the public for the first time at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in Highland Park on July 7, 2017. View The Gallery >

Flooding in Hays and Butler

By Andrew Rush

The lid from a manhole cover sits next to the flooded sewer that it was pushed up from on Comer St. View The Gallery >

Chairs await the Fourth of July parade in Canonsburg

By Andrew Rush

Chairs can be seen lined up on the route of the Fourth of July parade in Canonsburg, Pa. View The Gallery >