Family Love 1993-2014
Long-Term Projects, first prize
stories
The photographer, Darcy Padilla, first met Julie Baird on 28
January 1993. Julie was then 18, and was standing barefoot in the lobby of the
Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco, with an eight-day-old child in her arms. She
was HIV positive, and had a history of drug abuse. For the next 21 years,
Padilla documented Julie’s life, and that of her family, until Julie’s death in
2010. After Julie died, Padilla continued to follow the family’s story.
“The story of Julie Baird and her family is a complex one: a
story of poverty, AIDS, drugs, multiple homes, relationships, births, deaths
and reunion. By focusing on one woman’s struggle, I hoped to provide an
in-depth look at social issues surrounding disadvantage and HIV, but I also
wanted to create a record for Julie’s children of their mother’s story.”—Darcy
Padilla
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