Archive for the ‘Graying of AIDS’ Category
Photography Expanded Symposium
Here’s the Graying of AIDS team (i.e. Naomi Schegloff and myself) presenting at the Magnum Foundation’s Photography, Expanded Symposium at Parsons The New School for Design.
The symposium capped a year of workshops and presentations that tackled issues of documentary audience engagement in the digital realm. The Graying of AIDS was among four projects that were selected for the pilot of a PhotoEx project development initiative, during which artists were paired with design and communications experts for one-on-one meetings to implement a digital strategy for their work. View the rest of this entry »
Melbourne! International AIDS Conference 2015
Here’s a quick preview of our latest participatory Graying of AIDS installation at AIDS2015. But first and foremost, a HUGE Thank You!! to all of our backers and supporters during the whirlwind, last minute Indiegogo fundraiser that made it all possible.
As usual, we were much too busy producing new work and interacting with visitors to our installation site to do a thorough job of documenting our process. But here are some snapshots, and to sum it all up: going half way around the word to continue our global series on aging and HIV was worth it in every way imaginable, and we can’t wait to share some of the amazing new portraits and interviews.
Age Is Not A Condom bus shelter ad campaign
Earlier this year, the Graying of AIDS project worked closely with New York City-based AIDS research, education, and advocacy organization ACRIA to create an intimate portrait series of older adults – alone and with “partners” – for their Age is Not a Condom HIV/AIDS and aging awareness campaign.
For Valentines Day: Real Age = Real Sexy
Meet Anna and Paul, and Ty and David, the first two couples who volunteered to participate in ACRIA‘s upcoming “Age is Not a Condom” campaign, produced in collaboration with The Graying of AIDS. We’re still looking for couples who might like to participate in this campaign, to be photographed throughout February.
If you or someone you know might be interested, we are looking for 60-something New Yorkers who are ready to show a little skin for a good cause! More details here: http://bit.ly/1fZvwnX. To apply, write us at acriacasting@gmail.com.
The Graying of AIDS is a 2013 Getty Creative Grants Exceptional Finalist
The Graying Pandemic formal portrait series on Aging with HIV was selected as one of two projects chosen for the short list of this year’s Getty Creative Grants. Congrats to our co-exceptionals, and to the winners – all around deserving and inspiring projects!
A Graying Pandemic project
It’s been a busy summer! This weekend marked the final days of the Governors Island Art Fair installation of A Graying Pandemic,
a spin-off of the ongoing Graying of AIDS project.
For our participatory installation in the Global Village of the XIX International AIDS Conference – held in Washington, DC, from July 22-27, 2012 – the Graying of AIDS team (Naomi Schegloff, Viviana Peretti and myself) worked with adults age 50+ who are living with HIV/AIDS to create a series of photographic portraits and interviews, exploring what it means to be aging with the virus around the globe. View the rest of this entry »
The Graying of AIDS – an update on new plans and milestones
The first quarter of 2012 was largely dedicated to pushing the Graying of AIDS project forward on several fronts, refining what is becoming a shared multi-year endeavor, with the core team consisting of public health project partner Naomi Schegloff and myself. Several new developments are shaping how we will spend the next few months, growing this campaign beyond anything I could have envisioned when I received the initial support from the Open Society Foundations to create a multi-platform outreach and education campaign for the original Time Magazine reportage.
Wonderful new developments in the evolution of our project involve being granted support from two exemplary independent documentary film organizations: Working Films and Chicken & Egg Pictures.
In Memoriam: Sue and Richard
Since I first began working on The Graying of AIDS in 2006, a number of the extraordinary people profiled in this body of work have died from a variety of AIDS- and/or aging-related illnesses. I am deeply saddened to report the loss of two more cherished project participants: Sue Saunders (age 78) and Richard Kearns (age 60).
Sue Saunders, 1933 – 2012
In my last conversation with Sue, she expressed her frustration with not being able to go out to educate any longer – that those years of her life had irrevocably passed. I had called to tell her about the latest publication that wanted to use her quotes and images, and reminded her that that her words and message were continuing to resonate with all the people who watched her Graying of AIDS video portrait. View the rest of this entry »
Remembering Dr. Robert Franke
Thinking of the wonderful Bob Franke, who passed away over the holidays at the age of 78. I feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to interview this truly memorable and inspiring man about his fight against HIV discrimination in long term care.
The Graying of AIDS on World AIDS Day – new multimedia portraits, Time.com’s LightBox photo blog, and reaching HIV health care providers
For World AIDS Day, on December 1st, there’s lots of new material on the Graying of AIDS website: new video portraits on Bill, Robert and Sue; a new interview with Anna; a brand new blog on Artists Responding to Aging and to HIV/AIDS; and a first of many special “featurettes ” – themed, issue-driven resource guides and learning tools, this one on institutional HIV discrimination.