Faces of AIDS is Jim Wigler’s exhibit of 101 people infected with the AIDS virus during the mid 1980’s. To humanize the epidemic, he took a closeup portrait of each person smiling, looking wonderful and looking awesomely human.

The main impetus was to ameliorate the public’s fear of getting too close to and helping neighbors who were suffering.

These important images help tell the story of AIDS so that we always remember the many lives lost and impacted during these past four decades.