Photography and HIV: Then & Now

Photography Workshop with Logan Bellew

The intersection of art and activism played a crucial role in the battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. The political, social, and emotional role theater, literature, and photography - to name only a few art forms - significantly altered the course of the epidemic and how people live with HIV globally to this day. It is the goal of this workshop to utilize this historical framework as a launching point for creating photographs that address contemporary social issues of Cyprus and its citizens, including HIV/AIDS.

During the Photo-Workshop, participants will learn about and employ contemporary modes, methodologies, and technologies related to image making including Instagram and the impact they have on political, artistic, and social activism. Participants must bring their smartphones with them.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 17th 2015, At 6 pm
WHERE: At the Home4Cooperation, Buffer Zone, Nicosia.
PARTICIPANTS: Maximum Number of People: 15.
LANGUAGE: English

This is an open event to everyone.

Booking needed by calling (+357) 70.000.625
No fees apply.

Organised by The HIV/AIDS Solidarity Movement and Veramand.com.

info: Christos Krasidis, Tel. (+357) 70.000.625
Public Relations Officer - HIV/AIDS Solidarity Movement

Logan Bellew: www.loganbellew.com
Logan Bellew was born in Mesa, Arizona (1988) and resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in photography, a Bachelors of Arts in art history from Arizona State University and is currently pursuing his Masters of Fine Arts in photography at the University of New Mexico. Logan's work has been included in exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Photographic Center Northwest, the Tamarind Institute, the Scottsdale Public Art program, as well as galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Phoenix, Arizona, and Negev, Israel. Logan is currently an Instructor of Record in photography at the University of New Mexico. He has worked on photo archiving, curatorial, and catalog publication projects with the Princeton University archeological excavations in Polis Chrysochous, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the University of New Mexico Art Museum. His photographic work currently brings him to Cyprus where he works with LGBTQ and HIV advocacy organizations. His work at present addresses the acts of hiding, revealing, and notions of connection within the LGBTQ community of Cyprus.