Epitaphs for the Living: Words And Images in the Time of AIDS

by Billy Howard and Lonnie D. Kliever

In an effort to depict the human stories so apparent in the AIDS crisis, Bill y Howard began on February 2, 1987, to photograph persons with AIDS. At his invitation, each person wrote below his or her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870742892
• ISBN13: 9780870742897
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 14.5" x 1.0" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

A poem of remembrance...

Though not a gay man, I lived through the worst days of dying in Chicago, IL in the late 80s/early 90s, holding more than 90 men's hands as they wasted away. Billy Howard has captured in images and the personal notes of each of the victims the very essence of those dark days. It's an elegiac work of great dignity and beauty - one I wish was required for every GLBT Ally program and course in the US. As a former photographer for AP and Gannett newspapers and creative photographer with works that have toured the world, I can attest to the simple beauty of Billy's images. What I cannot do, is give enough praise to this masterful work. Buy it. Savor it. Tell others about it...

Epitaphs for the living words and images in the time of AIDS

I WAS IN GA. WHEN BILLY HOWARD WAS TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS BOOK I WAS VISTING AN AIDS PATIENT THAT IS IN THE BOOK, HE NOT ONLY WAS THERE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT AS A FRIEND. AFTER THE BOOK WAS IN PRINT HE CAME BY TO SEE HIM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. THE BOOK IS GREAT . C.S.

Overall an emotional drive of discovering the world of AIDS.

The collection of words truly was an inspiration of life. After I finished reading the book, I had a new profound feeling about life. I feel that everyone should read this book once, because many of people in our materialistic society, including myself, take life for granted. But for me, that is a thing of the past. HAPPY READING!!!