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Kimberly B. Harshbarger ’10, who interned in Peru in the Ayacucho region 20 years after a period of ongoing human rights violations in the country, talked about her work with a grassroots organization. “The majority of our work there was taking care of the family members [of massacre victims],” she said. “The goal wasn’t meting out punishment. This was frustrating...
...downturn suffered by Acho. Another reason is the price. Staging the bullfights at Acho costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is why the price of seats even in the less expensive sunny side of the arena is $50. By contrast, a ticket to a town bullfight in Ayacucho, in the central highlands, runs around...
...Alejos’ family went back to his studio and found 100,000 glass plate negatives, 60,000 still intact. From this archive Lucia, Peruvian photographer and Alejos’ granddaughter, has begun to print the photographs in the exhibit, the most comprehensive remaining visual record of mid-century Ayacucho...
...photographs are notable for their many iterations of the photographer-subject negotiation. While Peruvians were no strangers to photography at the time, cameras were scarce in Ayacucho and the act of photography was conspicuous. It was impossible for Alejos, with his large-format camera, to be unnoticed by his subjects...
Whether or not Alejos’ was an “artist,” he certainly transcended the status of mere tradesman. His documentary photographs can be read not only as artifacts of pre-conflict Ayacucho, but also as confirmation of a coherent aesthetic. These two interpretations are impressively complementary. Rarely do the artistic aspects of his photographs interfere with their evidentiary qualities; more often, the composition, lighting, and perspectives of Alejos’ photographs elucidate relationships among the subjects and amplify the details...