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1	Documentary Photography as a Tool of Social Change: reading a shifting paradigm in the representation of HIV/AIDS in Gideon Mendel's photography Nesbitt Hills, Christine January 2011 (has links) Gideon Mendel’s ongoing photographic work documenting HIV/ AIDS, first started in 1993, has seen shifts not only in production but also in the author’s representation of his subjects. This paper looks at three texts of Mendel’s work, taken from three different stages of Mendel’s career and reads the shifting paradigm taking Mendel from photojournalist to activist armed with documentary photography as a tool of social change. This thesis explores how different positionings as an author and different representations of the subjects, living and dying, with HIV/AIDS influences meaning-making, and what that means for documentary photography as a tool of social change. documentary photography photojournalism social change participatory representation politics of representation HIV/AIDS meaning-making communication advocacy tool of social change tool of advocacy Gideon Mendel Nesbitt Hills communication for development development communication development journalism Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap