Sue Coe's AIDS Portfolio.

Sue Coe is a illustrator who's practise involves political issues and the arts. She often explores social injustice and the capitalism , particularly affecting the working class. The project started off in 1994  by Coe being asked by Dr. Eric Avery at a hospital in Galveston , Texas to record the reality of the AIDS ward within the hospital. During the earlier 90's AIDS had become the leading cause of death for people aged 25 to 44. Through drawings and etchings based on the conversations and observation Coe made with the patients in the different stages of AIDS. The final packaging holding the final images was embossed with the red toxic symbol. ' Five individual portraits and five hospital scenes humanised those suffering in the midst of a frightening epidemic.' Images where also supported by a small amount of text containing a personal story. This was instead of facts and the overall social impact. Image and quotes for link. -https://www.visualaids.org/events/detail/allied-against-aidssue-coes-aids-portfolio