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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Roots...
The pressure steadily increased. My jaw started to throb. It felt like my tooth was about to explode. The pressure had to be released...
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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 30, 20242 min read
The greatest journey of them all...
On the 2nd of January, 2014, an old Dutch woman summoned me to her posh glass cubicle to tell me I was HIV positive. At the end of our...
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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 30, 20246 min read
A London Outing Experience
In October 2018 I had my first group exhibition under my newly minted pseudonym, in which my art processed my HIV diagnosis and my life...
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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 30, 20244 min read
I had to stay in India.
MUMBAI, PUNE A few hours after my HIV diagnosis in an Indian ashram, I knew; I had to stay in India. At least to finish what I came for....
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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 30, 20248 min read
"Yesterday Was..." - a day that would change everything. Photojournalism meets HIV.
Yesterday Was “And so, yesterday was” I wrote in my diary, prepared to document the events of the past days. The exhaustion of working...
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Christopher Klettermayer
Sep 3, 20245 min read
When do I tell her? On dating and status revelations...
As the wine flows, so does the conversation. More personal. More intimate. The initial shyness, the giggling, the nervousness is slowly...
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Christopher Klettermayer
Jul 25, 20249 min read
What we leave behind
Its been a decade. 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with HIV. What feels like a lifetime ago. Its hard to recollect everything that has...
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