Grants supporting this project

National Endowment for the Arts

Utah Arts Council

Very Special Arts (VSA) of Utah

Very Special Arts, JFK Center for Performing Arts, Washington, DC

People with AIDS (PWA) Coalition of Utah

Utah AIDS Foundation

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to:

All the participants and their families

Rodger Newbold, Director of Photography at Salt Lake City Art Center

Dr. Tom Evans, Director, HIV Clinic at University of Utah Hospital

Donald Stewart, Director, PWA Coalition

Carolyn Spriggs, Assistant Director, PWA Coalition

Salt Lake Art Center

John Schaefer, Photographer and Video Artist

Cary Jones, Very Special Arts Utah

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

Delta Air Lines

My seven beloved family members who arrived from Atlanta and New Jersey to provide support for the opening, and continue to support me in creative endeavors, especially my mom who arrived three weeks earlier so that I would be well-fed, and my nephew Taylor Piefke, who jumped on a plane at only 11 months old to attend the exhibition. 

The night guard at the Salt Lake Art Center who "forgot" to lock the darkroom door each night and graciously turned a blind eye to my late-night arrivals at 10 pm, allowing me to work undisturbed until 5 am every night. His quiet understanding and good-natured oversight were crucial to my creative process, and I am forever grateful for his unspoken support.

Larry Chait, creative director of this website, ATestOfLove.com

Dominic Luck, expert video editing and support