Visitors to a National Trust house in Yorkshire are the first to see a major photographic exhibition by one of the world’s most acclaimed photojournalists, Tom Stoddart.
Nunnington Hall near York, is the venue for the first UK showing of 'Lest We Forget – Africa’s AIDS Crisis' – a stunning chronicle of the lives of families living with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stoddart has worked across the world documenting life, and death, in some of the world’s most harrowing environments, from the ethnic cleansing of the Balkans, to the aftermath of Chenobyl, the war in Iraq, to conflicts in the Middle East. In the first UK showing of the hard hitting 'Lest We Forget – The African AIDS Crisis', Stoddart documents the spread and catastrophic impact of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. A story unfolds of the courage, dignity and humour of the lives of those living with, or affected by the disease.
Since AIDS was first reported twenty years ago, 60 million people have been infected and 20 million have died of AIDS. A teenage son in South Africa has a 50/50 chance of dying of AIDS – in Botswana it would be a 66 percent chance. Behind the African AIDS statistics lie millions of deaths, each one a tragedy for a family or a child.
Nunnington Hall’s Property Manager Simon Lee says:
'I am delighted that Tom is showing his pictures here at Nunnington. It is a very thought provoking show and very pertinent to our times. His exhibition really does give a true sense of the subject and we are delighted to be working with Tom and bringing this exhibition to the north.'
- The exhibition will run until Sunday 16 December.
- Normal opening times and admission charges apply.
- The exhibition rooms are on the upper floor.
- For further details please telephone Nunnington Hall 01439 748283.
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