For 18 years Darcy Padilla photographed Julie Baird’scomplex story of multiple homes, AIDS, drug abuse,abusive relationships, poverty, births, deaths, loss and reunion. Julie's story is heartwrenching.
My initial motivation for Julie’s story was to document one woman’s struggle, to live with poverty and AIDS.After losing custody of Rachael, Tommy, Jordan, Ryan and Jason Jr., it made me think about them. I wondered if Julie’s children would understand the depths of her poverty,the decision of their mother to give them up for adoption.Julie’s children are going to be adults someday. Who are they going to ask about what happened? I want to be able to tell them her story in case Julie is not alive.I do not think Julie has much time left.
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