The people you saw with Aids in newspapers or on television were very
gaunt gay men near death. It was easy for the public to say: I don’t use
drugs, I’m not gay, I don’t need to care. And no one was writing about
the humanity of these men, how they’d been oppressed. That seemed shabby
to me. I thought, arrogantly, that a book of pictures of individuals
might soften people’s attitudes. It would be a record of their place in
life, right up to the end if they wanted. The gaunt picture would be
preceded by images of them in better health...
Robert Sappenfield And His Parents (1987) by Nicholas Nixon.
My Best Shot, The Guardian.
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