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Book SynopsisCarolyn Jones''s vivid and life-affirming portraits capture people from all backgroundschildren and grandmothers, men and women of all racesliving 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 c
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"There is a light, a confidence, a calm, a dignity, a celebration of life that all these faces share. Thanks to Carolyn Jones for showing us the face of AIDS we are too afraid to see." - Susan Sarandon "The buoyancy...is magical, as if everyone concerned is embarking together on a journey that could transform the hard realities of so many lives." - Carol Squiers, American Photo "The face of courage is a face of beauty. Let us look, liger, and learn." - Lynn Redgrave "An inspiring, inspiriting book." - Susan Sontag "I am stunned by this collection of photographed humans and the revelation of their shared truth. I cheer; I grieve; and I seek an unknown word to express the magnitude of what I feel in my heart having experienced Living Proof." - Tommy Tune
Table of Contents
Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS Photographs by Carolyn Jones Concept by George DeSipio, Jr. Foreword by Ian McKellen Introduction by Michael Liberatore
