"Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV/AIDS."
To learn more about the touring educational exhibit, Focus on Living, =
visit:=20
http://www.focusonliving.org
Focus on Living showcases sixteen Americans living with HIV and AIDS and =
offers schools an important resource for HIV/AIDS education.
This touring exhibit is based on the book, Focus on Living, (University =
of=20
Massachusetts Press) by photographer/writer, Roslyn Banish.
Focus on Living combines compelling photographs and first-person =
accounts to=20
document the feelings and experiences of a wide range of Americans =
carrying=20
the HIV virus. Men and women speak candidly about their lives, their=20
relationships, and how they have come to terms with the presence of this =
chronic and potentially deadly disease.
For information: Contact: ChrisComm Management: 570-675-4933;=20
chriscom@microserve.net
" ... Banish's unadorned portraits, often shot at her subjects' homes, =
are=20
subtle and dignified, and the narratives have a lucid strength, even in=20
despair. . further breaking the silence and statistics that surround =
people=20
living with HIV and AIDS. " - from Publishers Weekly
"The "Focus on Living" exhibit was very well received by the student =
body.=20
It was a very powerful and personable way to reach young people =
regarding=20
AIDS and its impact on everyday human beings without actually lecturing=20
them. This exhibit enabled the student to be the seeker of knowledge, =
rather=20
than a passive recipient of it." - University of Minnesota, Student =
Health.=20
Crookston, MN
[ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=3D128874 ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
