N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
© Andrea Diefenbach, Untitled, from the series [Spid] AIDS in Odessa, 2006 © Andrea Diefenbach, Untitled, from the series [Spid] AIDS in Odessa, 2006 “Odessa is known as ›pearl at the black sea‹. It is the port in the south of the Ukraine – one of the countries, which has been hit heavily by…
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© Richard Renaldi, Tony, 2005, from the series Long Term Survivors © Richard Renaldi, Mark, 2005, from the series Long Term Survivors “I was diagnosed as HIV positive in October 1996. My immediate reaction was to be afraid and scared. I thought that perhaps I would not live through the turn of a new century.However…
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© Sunil Gupta, Pentamedine / Attitude, from the series From Here to Eternity, 1999 © Sunil Gupta, Chicago / Hoist, from the series From Here to Eternity, 1999 “I made this work partly in response to a period of illness brought on by the HIV. I thought that it might be time to thinks about…
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© Michael Weisbrot. I’m Speechless… The link to view the online exhibition of this major work can be found here
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© Lauren Simonutti, Hallway, from Home series © Lauren Simonutti, Hallway, from Home series “A house, to which one expects to return but does not, becomes a relic. I stepped out the door one day for what I anticipated would be a moment and did not return for weeks. The impetus for the absence is…
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© Jo Spence, What 1991 felt like… (most of the time) © Jo Spence, Museum Specimens © Jo Spence, from: Narratives of Dis-ease, 1990 © Jo Spence, from: The Picture of Health, 1982-86 “I am continually asked, “what is photo-therapy?” [To me] it means, quite literally, using photography to heal ourselves. ..I have…
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