Un Paisaje Roto

Three quarters of the world's 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS are in Africa, south of the Sahara. The stories and photos depict what the epidemic means to some of the individuals, families, and communities whose lives it has transformed. Included are personal testimonies from Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Courageous images reveal hope and love in the face of an illness that is ravaging a country.

Gideon Mendel works for Network Photographers documenting social issues globally and in Africa in particular. He was awarded the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography.