The Photojournalistic Visualization of HIV/AIDS:
Gideon Mendel

Gideon Mendel’s photo essays published by The Guardian over the last seven years include:

“While the world looks away,” The Guardian Weekend, 2 December 2000

“Life Savers", The Guardian Weekend, 27 October 2001

“Getting Better,” The Guardian Weekend, 14 December 2002.

“Salvation is cheap,” Guardian Weekend, 18 October 2003 [.] Done with the assistance of the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa, there is a web presentation of the images.

“The children left behind,”Guardian Weekend, 10 December 2004 [] Undertaken in conjunction with the International HIV/AIDS alliance, the photographs can be seen at http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/thechildrenleftbehind/gallery/

“Eight women once voice,”Guardian Weekend, 11 June 2005 [ ] This was a project with Action Aid, and timed to coincide with the 2005 G8 meeting in the UK and the Live 8 campaign, and an interactive guide with the pictures can be seen at http://www.guardian.co.uk/africa8/0,16068,1501265,00.html

“An answer in Africa,”The Guardin, 26 November 2005. This was part of the same Christmas Appeal that employed the story of Grace Mathanga. An interactive slideshow with the photographs is at http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/answerinafrica 

“A mother’s legacy,” The Guardian (G2),28 November 2007. Derived from Mendel’s work for the UNICEF’s “Lesotho Voices” project this story was linked to a slideshow

Gideon Mendel’s work as published in National Geographic is: “Living with AIDS

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