Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Title:
- This Is How AIDS Victims See Themselves
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- Description:
- The poster by James Thorpe was part of an exhibition by graphic artists to address the problems associated with the global spread of HIV/AIDS in 1989. Appropriating the image of a target from a shooting range, and using a bold shade of red set against black and white, the faceless and two-dimensional image symbolizes the persecution of people living with HIV/AIDS. The artist provides an image of how people living with AIDS see themselves--as victims hit with a series of personal, psychological, and financial losses. The image evokes a sense of alienation and victimization experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS as they face rejection by friends, family, and coworkers.
- NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (646,651 Bytes)
- Date:
- 1989
- Creator:
- Thorpe, James
- Source:
- Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.
- This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).
- URL: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
- IHM Order Number: A025318
- Publisher:
- Thorpe, James
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of James Thorpe.
- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- HIV
- Public Health
- Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:
- Living with HIV/AIDS
- Exhibit Category:
- HIV/AIDS
- Unique Identifier:
- VCBBHG
- Document Type:
- Posters
- Slides (photographs)
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2004-08-13
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