Heroines & Heroes: Hope, HIV and Africa
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 888158610X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He has photographed communities throughout Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Lesotho, where more than 28,000,000 adults and 1,000,000 children are currently living with HIV. Every day 11,000 more people are infected--at a rate of one person every eight seconds. Since 2002, photographer Steve Simon has been documenting the AIDS crisis in Africa. Simon's sensitive and gentle portraits capture both the suffering and the astonishing resilience of the people on the front lines of the AIDS pandemic.
"Powerful Images!" according to Rob. Steve Simon took on a very important and difficult subject and produced an informative and touching book. The images are quite powerful, making real and relatable the plight of Africa's HIV victims in Africa. No doubt, it will inspire many people, as it did me, to do something to help these people. I would have given the book five stars, but I feel that the quality of the printing could ahve and should have been better. Overall, a great book.
"Heroines and Heroes is another visual milepost on the 25-year chronicle of the HIV-AIDS pandemic." -- David Friend, Editor of Creative Development, Vanity Fair, August 2006"Simon has produced a collection of images that is simultaneously devastating and ennobling -- It's a stirring, inspiring collection." -- The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Art Critic Gary Michael Dault, Aug 21, 2006"Some shots are almost unbearable to contemplate in their poignancy. Others are unexpected, heartening snapshots of life under dire circumstances." -- Matthew Halliday, See Magazine, November 30, 2006"Steve Simon's creates an intimate portrait with elegant, expressive sequencing. He shows us the humanity of people much like ourselves." -- Marianne Fulton, Author, Curator and Photographic Scholar, November 2006-digitaljournalist