Documentary photo essay about some of the men and women living and battling the ravaging and horrific effects of AIDS, at the Bailey-Boushay House, an AIDS Hospice, in Seattle, WA., from June 1992 to April 1995.<br />
<br />
Opened in June 1992, B.B.H. was developed by AIDS Housing of Washington as the first new nursing care residence and day health program in America for HIV/AIDS patients.<br />
<br />
Our purposes were to humanize AIDS, to compel the viewer to say &quot;this could be me,&quot; and to educate those who did not see the disease and its victims face to face; and, to show the dignity and loving care that the B.B.H. community - the staff, volunteers, and families - provided to people living with AIDS in their final stages of life. &quot;It provides a respectful place for a major passage in life,&quot; said Administrator Christine Hurley.<br />
<br />
It gave us immense satisfaction that the portraits gave many of the clients a new sense of self esteem as they still felt worthy and important to be photographed, and that they trusted us to tell their story and share it.