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| Author | Billy Howard |
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| Publisher | Southern Methodist University Press |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | xviii, 68 leaves : chiefly ill.; 37 cm. |
| ISBN | 0-87074-289-2 |
Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS is a book of photographs by Billy Howard, published in 1989 by Southern Methodist University Press in Dallas. The photographs are mostly portraits and depict persons infected with AIDS. Underneath each picture is a copy of a handwritten message by the subject, either telling an abbreviated version of the story of their illness or expressing thanks to the family and friends who have stood by them. An introduction of printed text analyzes the social issues discussed by the patients and highlights some of their more poetic lines.