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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

World AIDS Museum present THROUGH THE WHITE DOOR a photo exhibit by Smiley Pool

2005 | LILONGWE, MALAWI

 

Next month the World AIDS Museum and Educational Center in Wilton Manors, Florida is hosting a stunning new documentary photo project by photojournalist Smiley Pool.  “Through The White Door”  portrays the interconnected human experience of families affected by HIV/AIDS. The exhibition, consisting of 40 poignant images from South Africa, Romania, North Carolina, Texas, and beyond, depicts the life struggles and triumphs of children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Requel Lopes, executive director of the World AIDS Museum said that “this truly moving exhibit that sheds light on an epidemic that claimed so many lives and started a movement for the inclusive care and treatment for HIV positive children in the world. This exhibition has deep meaning as we look back to the origins of the AIDS epidemic and to where we are today; and how this, in some ways, mirrors the COVID experience.”

The Through the White Door photography project by Pool spans over two decades following a remarkable group of people who faced the HIV/AIDS crisis head-on and saved a generation of children. The project began with two newspaper stories at the Houston Chronicle in the 1990s with the rest of the work completed on his vacation time for the 20 years that followed — around his staff photographer positions at the Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News. 

Over the years he continued to follow one of the first children in the world on a drug trial for highly active antiretroviral therapy until adulthood and documented the formation and rise of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) from the organization’s inception in Texas to what it is today – the largest provider of care and treatment for HIV positive children in the world.

1999 | SAN ANGELO, TEXAS

2005 | LILONGWE, MALAWI

The project culminated with an oversized hardcover book with 212 pages of his photography. Text for the book was written by Jessica Johns Pool, his spouse, who is a writer specializing in health care. The book will be available for purchase at the opening reception for $45. All proceeds will benefit World AIDS Museum and Educational Center.

The opening reception with Pool will be held on Wednesday, April 7, at 5:30 p.m at The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale,  Tickets for the benefit are $25 each and are available, online, at http://bit.ly/WAMThroughTheWhiteDoor.  The Exhibit runs until April 28th 

 



 

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