General News, 1st prize
Gideon Mendel
Network Photographers
Network Photographers
01 January, 1997
At a fishing village, a local theater group performs a play about AIDS, utilizing audience participation.
According to the World Health Organization, 30 million people have been infected by the HIV virus. Nearly two-thirds of them live in Africa, south of the Sahara desert. Educational initiatives play an important role in raising public awareness of HIV and AIDS.
Gideon Mendel
Born in Johannesburg in 1959, he studied psychology and African history at the University of Cape Town. Following his studies he became a freelance photographer, photographing ch...
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