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.

2012 Nautilus Silver Award, Photography/Art category   2012 Indie Book Next Generation Award, Coffee Table Book/Photography Foreword Reviews 2012 Book of the Year, Social Sciences, Finalist This extraordinary book of 75 portraits, interviews, and biographies is the result of the American Nurse Project, an endeavor launched by Fresenius Kabi, a worldwide leader in infusion therapy, IV generic drugs, and clinical nutrition. Enlisting the talents of Carolyn Jones, an award-winning filmmaker and creator of numerous photography books, and her producer, Lisa Frank, the project set out to capture and share the images and stories of nurses from all across America and to celebrate the role of the nurse in this country’s health care system. In The American Nurse, readers are invited to think about nurses in a way that they may never have before, unless they have been under a nurse’s care. This body of work will inspire audiences to focus their attention on the nurses who serve as healers in their community, and whose wealth of knowledge needs to be tapped in order to solve today’s pressing health care issues. The challenge of creating a rich portrait of nursing in America began with a map of the U.S. and a red pen. Carolyn Jones wanted to cover as much territory as possible, with the hope that along the way she would capture stories touching on the kinds of issues that nurses are dealing with in every corner of the country. Some of the issues might be specific to a particular area, like the nurses who were charged with evacuating patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Others would be universal no matter where Jones visited, such as nurses providing emotional support to patients and families to help get them through the toughest times in their lives. The journey began in New York City, where Carolyn met nurses working in the district with the highest rate of hunger in the U.S., as well as nurses doing health outreach to at-risk teens. She moved southward, stopping in Baltimore to meet nurses on the cutting edge of healthcare and nurse educators training the next generation, and then travelled to San Diego, where she met nurses at a VA hospital that is home to the largest concentration of veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. In Louisiana, she went behind bars and met nurses dealing with prisoners; and in Riverton, Wyoming she learned about the health needs of the Native American population there. Having crisscrossed the country, from rural Eastern Kentucky to Florida to New Orleans to Nebraska to Wisconsin to San Francisco and Chicago, Jones presents a compelling portrait of a key figure on the front lines of health care today: the American nurse.

A spiritually motivated book that has been in the process of being created through the experiences I have encountered throughout my entire life. This is a book that will inspire anyone who feels that their life is not what they bargained for, that life is indeed a continuous journey on the path towards the best that they can be. It is a book of optimism, hope, love and of the all encompassing love of God.

This book was conceived in anger and pain, raised in angst and revelation and completed in self-discovery and love. These poems are the children born out of my going over the edge, my recovery and my reinvention of myself, for myself, by myself.

I believe that we all go through challenges in our lives where all seems hopeless. We all have times when we see no way out of our situation. Before we can begin to deal with our challenges, we must first give validation to the emotions we are feeling. Don't deny your pain-make it work for you

It is hoped that in reading these poems, readers who have suffered through a personal tragedy will know that they are not alone, and that all is not lost. After much therapy and some deep soul searching, I can honestly say that I believe that God has a plan for each one of us. If we hold onto our faith and trust in Him, then we will have the strength to survive the challenges in our lives. I say this without reserve-there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Tobe Hooper scores and directs this slasher horror starring Neville Brand, Roberta Collins and Robert Englund. The film follows numerous people as they come up against the psychotic proprietor of a secluded hotel who keeps a pet crocodile with an insatiable appetite for human flesh...