Comments on: Access to Life.

Access to Life.

chunking express — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:08:16 -0800

Eight Magnum photographers portray people in nine countries around the world before and four months after they began antiretroviral treatment for AIDS.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:20:30 -0800

It should be noted that these are videos that take a really long time to load. Maybe when I have more time.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:20:33 -0800

It's kind of a shame we have to wait through an animation with sound in order to see the photos. Damn interesting, though.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:25:56 -0800

Nice photos; hated the flash interface is this year's tl;dr. And it's almost always a completely valid criticism.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:28:48 -0800

Yeah, I wish they'd just post up photos and commentary too, but the people at Magnum seem to love them some video. What can you do? The photographs are pretty great -- hence the post.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:35:34 -0800

I think I'm the only person on the internet not at all bothered by Flash. And I rather liked the photos.

By: rodgerd

rodgerd — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:58:47 -0800

But remember, folks, HIV doesn't call AIDS, it's all an invention of Western Imperialism and Big Pharma!

By: gimonca

gimonca — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:06:28 -0800

Buffering...buffering...buffering...

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:10:24 -0800

Sorry, this is a great cause but it's so fucking slow and I just want to see the pictures because they'll make me hopeful. You would think Magnum, of all people would know that a guy who's still at work at 7:10 p.m. would much rather see pictures than go through a shitty flash menu and wait for a 'movie' to load.

By: wowbobwow

wowbobwow — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:03:26 -0800

This is so great! Thanks for posting this. I was a little unnerved by the super-cheerful sounding music in the Peru essay. But what an excellent project. The Russia one was so good and so sad. Can anyone explain why someone with HIV would get serious swelling, like Olive in Rwanda had? I've never seen that before.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:59:05 -0800

Good series. I was a little puzzled at times, though. It seemed that sometimes a bit of cultural context (?) was missing. Like when the Indian guy said he wanted to wear a Sari and go to Bombay to get operated on (???), but that this would have alienated his family. What was that all about? Otherwise really good. Really sad, too.

By: atrazine

atrazine — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:46:35 -0800

Like when the Indian guy said he wanted to wear a Sari and go to Bombay to get operated on (???), but that this would have alienated his family. What was that all about? A sari is an item of women's clothing. You may draw your own conclusions regarding the nature of his operation.

By: heatherann

heatherann — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:09:32 -0800

This was really excellent. Thanks for sharing it.