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Living Proof - Courage in the Face of AIDS (Hardcover, New edition)
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Living Proof - Courage in the Face of AIDS (Hardcover, New edition)
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Loot Price R228
Discovery Miles 2 280
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Carolyn Jones's vivid and life-affirming portraits capture people
from all backgrounds -- children and grandmothers, men and women of
all races -- living with HIV and AIDS.
It is estimated that over one million people in the United States
would test positive for the Human Immune Virus, and many others are
already suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A
common-and harmful-misconception holds that AIDS is an instant
death sentence but, in fact, testing positive for HIV does not mean
immediate illness. Carolyn Jones has collaborated with George
DeSipio, Jr., and Michael Liberatore (co-founders of the project),
and the seventy-three people who volunteered to pose for these
photographs in an inspiring effort to change the way we think about
AIDS. Jones's compelling portraits have the power to profoundly
alter perceptions about this disease, and about the way we all live
and die. AIDS poses challenging questions that we must each grapple
with, whether healthy or not. These captivating pictures illustrate
the self-confidence and wisdom of ordinary people coping with an
extraordinary fate, facing their mortality, questioning their
priorities, and living life to the fullest. Their energy, courage,
and dignity in the face of such adversity offer a vital lesson in
how to embrace life, day by day. Their faces and their stories are
proof that AIDS doesn't look like anyone -- it looks like, and
ultimately is, all of us.
Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA) is the sole recipient
of the royalties from the sale of "Living Proof." For additional
information regarding "Living Proof" and the Design Industries
Foundation for AIDS, please call DIFFA, (212) 727-3100.
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