Sal Lopes: Living with AIDS

In Living with AIDS, photographer Sal Lopes explores how the city of Boston was affected by the AIDS Crisis. From 1988 to 1992, Lopes traced three interconnected stories— the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt and its display in both Boston and Washington D.C.; the Buddy Program, run by the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, which offered volunteer support to those living with AIDS; and the Boyce family, whose child Brianna was living with AIDS.

This exhibition allows us to reflect on this moment in American history and to not only honor those whose lives were lost during the epidemic, but to also uplift those living with AIDS today.