Faces of AIDS: Archive & Print
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https://www.advocate.com/photography/2017/12/01/101-faces-aids-start-epidemic
https://www.facesofaids.org
Faces of AIDS is Jim Wigler's exhibit of 101 people infected with the AIDS virus during the mid 1980's in the bay area. To humanize the epidemic, I took a close up portrait of each person smiling, looking wonderful and looking awesomely human. The main impetus was to ameliorate the public's fear of getting to close to and helping neighbors who were suffering.
Eventually, after three years of work, Faces of AIDS opened at the San Mateo Country Fair. After that it went on to Grace Cathedral and the Moscone Center (both in San Francisco). It ended up with the Names Project Quilt for touring around the country.
Faces of AIDS acts as a living memorial to those early casualties who perished in the epidemic.
This project entails scanning the original negatives in high resolution as well as printing new digital editions of each portrait. The ultimate goal is to archive the original negatives, scan and print each portrait, mount the prints to produce a smaller, more manageable exhibit. A future round of fundraising will be required for framing the portraits as well as seeking out a publisher for a book documenting the early of those caught up in the epidemic.
The Oakland Museum is considering hanging the exhibit in 2019. My hope is that people will be interested in what it was like when a plague began to sweep across the community.
Attached are examples of the photography, recognition by the State of California and a link to a featured article about Faces of AIDS in A&U Magazine.
Please show your support for perservering Faces of AIDS for future generations.
A&U Magazine Feature
Objectives of Faces of AIDS GoFundMe Campaign:
• Create a Faces of AIDS web page.
• Scan original negatives into high resolution files.
• Digitally remaster portraits in Photoshop.
• Print and mount one copy of each portrait.
• Backup & archive all data files.
• Seek appropriate sponsors and venues for exhibition.
Assisting me with the Faces of AIDS campaign is Eric Schultz. I took all the portraits. Eric is helping me co-ordinate all the printing, dry mounting, archiving, website design as well as overseeing the fundraising logistics. I am giving Eric authorization to use money raised so he can buy supplies for the above mentioned purposes.
https://www.facesofaids.org
Faces of AIDS is Jim Wigler's exhibit of 101 people infected with the AIDS virus during the mid 1980's in the bay area. To humanize the epidemic, I took a close up portrait of each person smiling, looking wonderful and looking awesomely human. The main impetus was to ameliorate the public's fear of getting to close to and helping neighbors who were suffering.Eventually, after three years of work, Faces of AIDS opened at the San Mateo Country Fair. After that it went on to Grace Cathedral and the Moscone Center (both in San Francisco). It ended up with the Names Project Quilt for touring around the country.
Faces of AIDS acts as a living memorial to those early casualties who perished in the epidemic.
This project entails scanning the original negatives in high resolution as well as printing new digital editions of each portrait. The ultimate goal is to archive the original negatives, scan and print each portrait, mount the prints to produce a smaller, more manageable exhibit. A future round of fundraising will be required for framing the portraits as well as seeking out a publisher for a book documenting the early of those caught up in the epidemic.
The Oakland Museum is considering hanging the exhibit in 2019. My hope is that people will be interested in what it was like when a plague began to sweep across the community.
Attached are examples of the photography, recognition by the State of California and a link to a featured article about Faces of AIDS in A&U Magazine.
Please show your support for perservering Faces of AIDS for future generations.
A&U Magazine Feature
Objectives of Faces of AIDS GoFundMe Campaign:
• Create a Faces of AIDS web page.
• Scan original negatives into high resolution files.
• Digitally remaster portraits in Photoshop.
• Print and mount one copy of each portrait.
• Backup & archive all data files.
• Seek appropriate sponsors and venues for exhibition.
Assisting me with the Faces of AIDS campaign is Eric Schultz. I took all the portraits. Eric is helping me co-ordinate all the printing, dry mounting, archiving, website design as well as overseeing the fundraising logistics. I am giving Eric authorization to use money raised so he can buy supplies for the above mentioned purposes.
Organizer and beneficiary
Jim Wigler
Organizer
San Francisco, CA
Eric Schultz
Beneficiary