HIV around the world

Haiti.

South Africa.

Democratic Republic of Kongo. DRC. A lumbar puncture is performed on an HIV-patient in order to diagnose infections.

Guatemala. District number 9 is the area of transsexual prostitution in Guatemala City.

Haiti. The annual carnival in Port au Prince.

Zambia. Lusaka.

Ukraine. Daria was 4 years old when both her two parents died in Aids.

After Darias mother and father died in Aids, she lives with her grandmother in Kiev.

South Africa. Johannesburg. 75 of the children at the kindergarten in the township of Alex have diagnosis HIV.

Ukraine. Svetlana, mother of four children has diagnosed HIV.

Ukraine. Svetlana, mother of four children has diagnosed HIV, lives with her new man, Igor at ten square meters

USA. San Francisco. Janelle 45 years old, was infected by her boyfriend.

USA. San Francisco. Janelle 45 years old, was infected by her boyfriend and feels very strongly of the stigmatization against those diagnosed with HIV.

Democratic Republic of Kongo. DRC. Fidel and his girlfriend Lav Re Kitanu lives both with HIV.

Malawi. In Malawi, 14 percent of the population between 15-49 years, lives with HIV.

South Africa. Johannesburg. South Africa. The Alexandra Township in Johannesburg.

Democratic Republic of Kongo. DRC. Desire fell in love with Maguy even though she has HIV.

South Africa. Johannesburg. 75 of the children at the kindergarten in the township of Alex have a diagnosis HIV.

South Africa. Fifty people are dying to death every day in South Africa. Here in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg.

Democratic Republic of Kongo. DRC. HIV-patient at the clinic of Doctors Without Borders in Kinshasa, who now developed AIDS.

Skyline of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Haiti, Port au Prince. UNICEF estimates that approximately 140,000 Haitians lives with HIV or AIDS. About 8-10,000 of them die each year.

As an unseen stone in my heart / HIV around the world

YEAR 2009
TRAVELS TO USA, Egypt, Algeria, Ukraine, Malawi, Guatemala, Cambodia, Sweden, Haiti, Peru, South Africa, China, Congo KinshasaDRC, Kazakhstan, Botswana, Indien, Uganda, Nepal.
MEDIA OUTLETS: Book, lectures, World Aids Day, Love4Life project
ASSIGNED BY Leopard förlag, Swedish Red Cross, The National Union of Teachers in Sweden

What does an HIV-infected person look like? Have a look in the mirror. HIV can affect anyone, young, old, rich, poor. Every day, more than 7000 people worldwide catch the infection HIV. Some of them develop the deadly disease aids. In this book men and women from all over the world break their silence for the first time, and tell their story courageously and honestly. A depiction of poverty, but also of the joy of life, courage and the refusal to give up.