Marco Roth for The Guardian

January 16, 2013 8:06 am

A few days before Christmas I photographed author Marco Roth for The Guardian Weekend magazine. The pictures were to accompany an article about his new book, The Scientists, A Family Romance. The article’s title, “My Dad and HIV: A Double Life,” pretty much sums up this fascinating story.

“Marco Roth grew up with a secret: that his father had contracted HIV while conducting important medical research. But after his father’s death, that story began to unravel – and with it everything he thought he knew about his family” Read the full article here.

Below are the pictures that appeared in last Saturday’s magazine.