THOMAS AURIEL | PHOTO

“I’m an engineer and photographer. I realized this topic was not properly covered, and was in fact unknown to the general public. It shows how many years after discovering HIV, the virus still causes an array of issues, with people ending up with late-stage AIDS in some part of the world, just a few hours away from other European capitals. It’s totally unimaginable in today’s Western world. These stories have to be documented.”