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A recent editorial photography project I worked on was published as a feature article in Science Magazine. The article, written by the talented Jon Cohen, explores the public health efforts to effectively end the spread of HIV and AIDS. For this assignment, we spent most of our time at the Magnet Clinic in the Castro District of San Francisco.

As Cohen writes, “Magnet’s aggressive attempt to prevent the spread of HIV to people at high risk is part of a groundbreaking citywide initiative … that aims to … effectively … ‘end’ its epidemic … Recent advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention have convinced an increasing number of scientists, politicians, and advocates that the tools now exist to end AIDS epidemics locally and, by 2030, around the world. Chief among the new findings that have driven this optimism is that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs both ward off disease in an infected person and, if the virus is suppressed to undetectable levels, powerfully reduce the risk of transmission.”

To read the full article — “Means To An End” — see the 17 July 2015 issue (Vol. 349 Issue 6245). You can also read more in an online short, here.

I’d like to thank Science Magazine for the opportunity, Jon Cohen for his erudite advice, the entire staff at Magnet Clinic whose work is both heroic and incredibly important, and the courageous patients who let us share a few very intimate and private moments. Here are some images from their story:
science magazine feature article magnet clinic hiv prevention aids prep editorial photographer freelance photographer drew bird photography visual storytelling
science magazine feature article magnet clinic hiv prevention aids prep editorial photographer freelance photographer drew bird photography visual storytelling
science magazine feature article magnet clinic hiv prevention aids prep editorial photographer freelance photographer drew bird photography visual storytelling
science magazine feature article magnet clinic hiv prevention aids prep editorial photographer freelance photographer drew bird photography visual storytelling
The following jargon is mainly for the search engine robots. Read on, if you like. Drew is an Oakland Freelance Photographer and a San Francisco Freelance Photographer and a Bay area Freelance Photographer, a Bay Area conservation photographer, an Oakland freelance photojournalist and a San Francisco freelance photojournalist and a Bay Area event photographer and a Berkeley photographer and a San Francisco branding photographer and a San Francisco corporate event photographer; while he is based in the San Francisco Bay area, Drew regularly photographs for clients throughout all of California, including Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, San Jose, Marin County, Santa Cruz, Eureka, Santa Rosa, Mendocino, Monterey, Sacramento, Santa Barbra, and Napa, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada, all across the USA and everywhere on Earth. He specializes in creative storytelling and artistic photojournalism, environmental photojournalism, conservation photography, environmental justice photography, and stories about human-earth relationships including urban farming, agriculture, water use, climate change, ocean issues, energy issues, pollution, and natural resource economics. He also specializes in editorial photography and lifestyle photography, portraits and headshots, corporate event photography, non-profit event photography, and branding photography for corporations, non-profits, and small businesses. Drew is also a live music photographer, a Berkeley live music photographer, a Bay Area live music photographer, an Oakland live music photographer, a San Francisco live music photographer, a San Francisco band photographer and a bay area band photographer. You can view more of his photojournalism, editorial, and lifestyle work here and more of his documentary style wedding work here. The photos in this post are connected to Science Magazine, Magnet Clinic, the medical effort to end the spread of HIV/AIDs, editorial photography, documentary style photography, and magazine photographers, and creative storytelling.