Gideon Mendel

Kingsmead Eyes
A recent collaboration with 28 pupils from Kingsmead School in Hackney
Voices from the Border
Explores the complex issues around HIV/AIDS transmission in Chirundu, a small settlement along the on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
13 Love Stories
A series of short films which tells the stories of thirteen gay, lesbian or transgender couples in California whose lives were profoundly affected by Proposition 8 – the recent law that eliminated their right to get married.
Lesotho Voices
A series of seven short films, made with UNICEF, focusing on the issuer of PMTCT -Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (of HIV). Each film tells the story of one mother in Lesotho who is living with HIV.

A Broken Landscape
Website built to accompany the publication of the book and exhibition at the South African National Gallery in 2002.
We are Living Here
A long-term project project that documents the intimate lives of five individuals, all living with HIV, who are receiving life-saving antiretroviral medication in the Lusikisiki district (a remote, rural part of South Africa).
Also on National geographic
Looking AIDS in the Face - In the picture with Gideon Mendel
A video of a recent talk given at the Frontline Club about my work on HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Kenyan Voices
A series of short films made with nine young people exploring their experience of living with HIV today. They provide insight into the stigma and hardship they face, as well as the hope they carry forward. Each starts with a still image that makes a startling transition to video that explores their environment and reveals something beyond the photograph.

The Children Left Behind
Portraits documenting the lives of AIDS orphans in Mozambique.
Eight Women, One Voice
Profiles of eight African women who each address the eight world leaders attending the G8 summit about key issues of poverty, health and development which affect their lives.
Also on the Action Aid site.

The Harsh Divide
Looks at the issue of access to life saving antiretroviral medication for people living with HIV in South Africa.
This unique interactive presentation allows viewers to explore a set of 360-degree images.