In 1989, artist and activist Keith Haring painted a mural at Art Center College over the course of two days. I managed to find a moment to show him the cubistic series I’d been working on, hoping he'd allow me to make his portrait, and he invited me to photograph him while he painted.

The mural was painted in conjunction with the second annual World AIDS Day (then called AIDS Awareness Day) and as part of the first ever Day Without Art. Meant to serve as a memorial for artists who had died of aids, the painting also stands as a tribute to Keith Haring himself, who died of AIDS-related complications just two months after he completed the mural.