click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Sidney Davis, bus driver for Port Authority of Allegheny County, in Downtown Pittsburgh

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Angela Battaglia, registered nurse at Allegheny General Hospital in the North Side

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Colin Killins, United States Postal Service, on his route in Stanton Heights

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Edward Wahl, owner of Wahl’s Auto Repair in the South Side

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham T-Funk, employee of Bierport in Lawrenceville

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Aaron Meyer, Rabbi of Temple Emanuel of South Hills

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Zanaya Brown, sous chef/kitchen manager; River, cook; and Adrianna Lyndsay, manager, of The Yard in Downtown Pittsburgh

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Rick Dayton, Morning News Anchor at Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Anthony Guido, cashier at Bryant Street Market in Highland Park

click to enlarge CP photo: Jared Wickerham Lt. Olguens Fils-Aime, of the Salvation Army in Homewood

Across Pittsburgh, as the city becomes more and more still under a stay-at-home order, a large group of people continues to wake up every morning to go to work. As the global coronavirus pandemic hits our city,is celebrating the essential workers on the frontlines. They’re driving your buses, delivering your mail, making sure you’re fed, helping you heal. The following series of photographs, taken byphotographer Jared Wickerham during the first few weeks of the pandemic, features some of those essential workers that are so important to our city.If you have a suggestion for a future portrait, we invite you to reach out to jwickerham@pghcitypaper.com