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Showing at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS from 9th January to 24th March 2007:Positive Lives is a unique international project that photographs and documents the impact of HIV & AIDS around the world, illuminating positive human responses to this world crisis. The exhibition reflects the issues and emotions which confront people in their daily lives as they live and work with the disease. Issues of confidentiality, fear, prejudice, exclusion and survival, through to care, support, compassion, trust and openness are all explored. The texts accompanying the photographs are all based on the personal stories of individuals. By sharing these moving stories the Positive Lives project aims to challenge stigma and discrimination, and disrupt the myths and prejudices that surround HIV & AIDS.Positive Lives is collaboration between a number of organisations, including Concern Worldwide and UK HIV charity, Terrence Higgins Trust. Concern has been at the forefront of community responses to HIV & AIDS and the fight for access to treatment since 1987. Concern now supports over 25 HIV & AIDS projects in fifteen countries around the world, working in close partnership with local organisations.
For further details: www.soas.ac.uk/gallery Joy Onyejiako at gallery@soas.ac.uk