the AIDS activist project: Portraits & Stories, 1989–1998

A project in New York, NY by Bill Bytsura
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A book of B&W photography by Bill Bytsura documenting the people and stories behind the AIDS activist movement between 1989–1998.
Backers: 276
Average Pledge Per Backer: $135

Funded: $37,169 of $35,500
Dates: Oct 28th -> Dec 12th (46 days)
Project By: Bill Bytsura
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Latest News

Saturday Update #1

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Good Morning Folks!  I wanted to share this with you, I can't get it out of my head now! I remember this so well from my childhood and it's a great theme to start the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-t8PngHgWY But back to the campaign. We are... (Read More)

Friday Update #4 (last one of the day, I promise!)

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone, today was amazing! I want to welcome our new backers and thank them for their support, what a great day! We had another article published about the project, this was in The Dallas Voice, here's the link:... (Read More)

Friday update #3

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
All I can say right now to everyone is WOW! We just hit $25,075!!!  AMAZING!!! Thank you all, I'm speechless but can still type! This puts us at just over 70% funded!!!!  You guys are the best! A few people upped their pledges today, and we have so... (Read More)

Friday Update #2

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I wanted to share with everyone an article about the project in Slate magazine that just came out!!!, The link to the article is: ... (Read More)

Happy Friday!

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning all!  As the clock is ticking down, I wanted to send an update today. Yesterday was a great day for the project, we up nearly $3,000.00!!!! Thanks to EVERYBODY!!!  Together we've raised $22,800.00 for the project, thats 64% funded and... (Read More)

Thursday, December 10

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning and Happy Thursday! There are 58 hours remaining to the campaign, we just got to 56% funded. Yesterday I created an "event" on facebook and invited all of my FB friends. I did this to reach another group of people on FB that aren't... (Read More)

Just wanted to share this

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This was posted to my FB page this morning. I wanted to share it with you. Your support of this project reaches far beyond this Kickstarter campaign. This is from a person named Atsu, in Ghana. "I just saw your AIDSactivistProject, I was presented... (Read More)

4 Days!

December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
The Kickstarter clock just ticked down to 4 days. Pretty soon it will be measured in hours. I was feeling pretty good until I changed the FB banners to 4 days. Now, not so much. But, we had a great day fundraising for the project. Up over 4% to just... (Read More)

The Interview

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! I wanted to share an interview that came out late yesterday. It's an online Photography site/blog, Pixel Magazine Blog in Vantage. It's actually an interesting site for those of us who love photography, definitely check it out for... (Read More)

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I want to send out a Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow TAAP'ers!  I have a lot to be thankful for, and, today, especially thankful that I have your support for this project.  The campaign is entering into the last 2 weeks. We're at 39% funded,... (Read More)

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