30 Years of AIDS: 6,200 Iconic Posters, 100 Countries, 1 Collector

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http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/11/30-years-of-aids-6-200-iconic-posters-100-countries-1-collector/248737/



Dr. Edward Atwater probably didn't realize it then but he wasn't just amassing ephemera when he began assembling the world's largest collection of AIDS posters decades ago. He was documenting 30 years of medical, social, and visual history.

More than 6,200 posters in 60 languages from 100-plus countries later, the retired 85-year-old physician is now sharing these artifacts through an online catalog produced by the University of Rochester, where he worked most of his life as a professor of medicine. Though some of these prints had been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and other sites, this is the first time the collection is available to the public in its entirety -- or at least that's the end goal as fewer than 2,000 have been uploaded thus far.

In the gallery below, witness the evolution of AIDS rhetoric in the 30 years since the discovery of HIV. Then, in the very candid Q&A with Atwater that follows, read about the challenges he faced as a doctor and collector, and how figures like former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and President Reagan shaped the messages of these iconic posters, whether they liked it or not.

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1. 40 views and no comments?nt

[William769]

2. Sorry I have been at the DMV (was my time to renew), yuck.

The picture shown could not fit better with that caption.

Being a good hearted person I was actually happy of his death and wanted to piss on his grave (yes that was very unchristian of me, but hey I'm not perfect).

Thanks for posting.

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i meant to comment but i posted on fb instead

its a really interesting article. thanks for posting it :)

[pinto]

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