A red apple forming the the tip of a penis with a quote from Albert Camus: 'La felicidad es generosa ... no vive de destrucción' [Happiness is ... generous destruction of lives] and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; one of a series of anti-AIDS posters produced by Artis entitled 'Imágenes contra el SIDA' [Images against AIDS]. Colour lithograph by Santiago Pol, 1994.

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A red apple forming the the tip of a penis with a quote from Albert Camus: 'La felicidad es generosa ... no vive de destrucción' [Happiness is ... generous destruction of lives] and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; one of a series of anti-AIDS posters produced by Artis entitled 'Imágenes contra el SIDA' [Images against AIDS]. Colour lithograph by Santiago Pol, 1994. Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"La felicidad es generosa no vive de destrucción" Albert Camus. Imágenes contra el SIDA. Artis. Paris - France. Diseño Gráfico: Santiago Pol. Caracas - Venezuela, 1994. Apples are often represented as symbols of AIDS-prevention: according to researchers, from Cornell University in New York, "eating just 100g of apple gave an anti-oxidant effect equivalent to taking some 1,500mg of vitamin C" [extract from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health ] Santiago Pol is a Venezuelan graphic designer. Albert Camus is an Algerian-born French author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957.

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