Claim: Epitaphs for the Living was written by Billy Howard, and was published by Southern Methodist University Press in 1989, which are mostly portraits and depict persons infected with AIDS, which was first recognized in 1981, in 1983 the HIV virus was discovered and identified as the cause of AIDS, and by 2009 AIDS caused nearly 30 million deaths.
Evidence: Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS is a book of photographs (ISBN 0870742892) by Billy Howard, published in 1989 by Southern Methodist University Press in Dallas. The photographs are mostly portraits and depict persons infected with AIDS. AIDS was first recognized in 1981, in 1983 the HIV virus was discovered and identified as the cause of AIDS, and by 2009 AIDS caused nearly 30 million deaths. 
Billy Howard Southern Methodist University Press 1989 The photographs are mostly portraits and depict persons infected with AIDS. AIDS was first recognized in 1981, in 1983 the HIV virus was discovered and identified as the cause of AIDS, and by 2009 AIDS caused nearly 30 million deaths.