Activism

For the Activisim assignment, I wanted to take a more unique approach. I knew that most people were doing AIDS, so I decided to follow that same route, but with a different perspective. I feel like as a society, we are extremely judgemental when we hear that someone has AIDS, and we tend to draw unreasonable conclusions about them, and their lifestyles. In a sense, we take caution- and indirectly avoid them, or withdraw from relationships with them. This is an important issue, and because of that, I wanted to capture that sense of hesitation that accompanies most individuals when it comes to talking about AIDS. People become uncomfortable, and suddenly don't want to address the issues. AIDS is one of the most prevalent diseases in our country to date. Instead of photographing a sad child with AIDS, or a individual suffering with the disease, I wanted to portray the way society views it. Society almost outcasts the issue completely, and tries to pretend that it doesn't exist. But it does, and as a community, we need to grow up, and try to beat this epidemic.