wad2010positiveaction
Self Portrait
Artist: Your Neighbor
Photograph
2010
Years living with HIV: 8
Although I yearn to share my experiences with the disease, I feel silenced by fear- fear of losing my job, fear of losing friends and fear of judgment and being a source of gossip. Most days I want to fight the stigma and let it all out, but a glimmering of my overwhelming fears visits me and I am silenced. Many people in my life are unaware of my HIV-positive status. This project is an outlet for my yearnings.
I hope people take away a more humanistic appreciation of the struggles of HIV-positive people, knowledge and a thirst for more knowledge.
Self Portrait
Artist: Your Neighbor
Photograph
2010
Years living with HIV: 8
Although I yearn to share my experiences with the disease, I feel silenced by fear- fear of losing my job, fear of losing friends and fear of judgment and being a source of gossip. Most days I want to fight the stigma and let it all out, but a glimmering of my overwhelming fears visits me and I am silenced. Many people in my life are unaware of my HIV-positive status. This project is an outlet for my yearnings.
I hope people take away a more humanistic appreciation of the struggles of HIV-positive people, knowledge and a thirst for more knowledge.