Gripped by the past, moving in slow-motion
In a small African island-nation, the response to HIV strains between past and future, restless but slow-moving.
Ben Eveslage
I’m Ben Eveslage, a global health strategist and photographer. For over a decade, I’ve partnered with communities across 45+ countries to strengthen HIV programs and public health efforts.
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Visibility and sustainability, but on the other hand
In a garden framed by hedges, hands speak what words cannot. Between grip and release lies a response to HIV that is fluid, fragile, and refusing the boundaries we try to draw.
Shedding layers on solidarity, resilience, and dependence
A hand in motion, a face strained. Layers shed in a yellow room hint at fragility, endurance, and the thin promise of resilience.
Rebirth from under the weight of genocide
A hand at rest, a voice breaking. In one room, memory of genocide, of a virus carried forward, and of the quiet strength of those who remain to witness, to speak, to hold.
Between red red, fufu, and taboo
A bowl of fufu, two women in quiet laughter, and a refuge found at the street's end. Ordinary food, ordinary lives, yet beneath it, a story of resilience and the unseen lines people hold.
The preview series: Hands holding the line...
I greet without words, I steady the shaken. I reveal the heart’s truth, I pass safety unspoken. I show you the way to protect and test, and when the line falters, I hold it with rest. What am I?