Tales from Odessa

Joseph Sywenkyj's intimate portraits of Ira and Sasha, both HIV-positive, and their children.


Joseph Sywenkyj - Tanya cartwheels through the kitchen. Ira, her mother, is HIV-positive.
Odessa, Ukraine, 2004 (from the Verses series).


Joseph Sywenkyj - Ira and Rita walk with Masha to the Out Patient AIDS Center.
Odessa, Ukraine, 2002 (from the Verses series).


Joseph Sywenkyj - Sasha, who is HIV-positive, holds his daughter Masha.
Odessa, Ukraine, 2002 (from the Verses series).


Joseph Sywenkyj - Tanya and Masha. Masha is HIV-positive.
Odessa, Ukraine, 2005 (from the Verses series).

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