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Through black-and-white photographs, ""Images of Peru"" tells a photojournalistic story of a young man's first journeys into Peru, journeys fueled with passion for community, with spirit of building, with admiration for human endurance that he later manifests in other developing countries around the world. His narrative weaves sensitive, humorous, elucidating observations around the photos as he first experiences Peru's highlands with the newly formed Peace Corps from 1965 to 1967 then countrywide with a home improvement loan program from 1978 to 1982. From the author, ""This bilingual (English and Spanish) photography book of black-and-white photos is primarily from my Peace Corps experience in Peru from 1965 to 1967 helping small indigenous communities in the Peruvian highlands (sierra) to build improved schools using local materials and donated materials from a government program known as Cooperación Popular. It was one of the flagship projects of the president at the time, Fernando Belaunde Terry. The program was designed to reestablish the Inca practice of communal labor (""minka"") in developing community projects, many of which were schools built of local materials. The pictures show typical daily ""campesino"" life. Because I was working with the community members on a daily basis, they always saw me with a camera and so it was easy to get very natural and candid pictures. Each picture is accompanied by a descriptive narrative in both English and Spanish. The descriptions intend to convey the ambiance and the situation shown in the photos. Each photo represents a personal experience so in a sense each one also has a story to go with it. I was humbled by the hard-working nature and dedication to community spirit of the community members in spite of the hardships they faced daily. They were very hard workers; they struggled against many difficulties and sufferings and were very poor. In spite of all this, they had such dignity and pride. I always had great respect and admiration for them."" Mahlon Barash, Peace Corps volunteer, Peru, 1965-1967

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""In 'Images of Peru: Memories of Huamalies and Other Regions of Peru', Mahlon Barash documents, through stunning photographs, the two years he spent as a Peace Corps volunteer (1965-67), along with four years at the Housing Bank of Peru (1978-82) and the savings and loan system in a home improvement loan program for low-income families."", The Hanoverian, 2011 ""El libro de Barash enriquece la historia gráfica del Perú. Empezando por la carátula: una comunera con una sonrisa dulce y universal como la de la Mona Lisa. Es un trabajo, en dos etapas: dos años inolvidables, de 1965 a 1967, que como miembro del Cuerpo de Paz, organización fundada por J.F.Kennedy, lo llevó a construir nueve escuelas junto con comuneros de los caseríos de Huamalíes, Morca y Llata......Cada una de las 72 imágenes está asociada a una historia. Las fotografías en blanco y negro son raras en estos días de la era digital de registros a color. El contenido no es tan común, pues son imágenes captadas entre veinticinco y cuarenta años atrás."" Imágenes del Perú, según Mahlon Barash, Jorge Zavaleta Alegre, Crónicas de América Latina, PAPELDEARBOL, 10 de diciembre de 2010 ""Mahlon, guarda gratos recuerdos de los dos años de estadía en nuestra tierra (1966 y 1967), por ello a paseado por el mundo exhibiendo imágenes de aquel trabajo social vistas en blanco y negro que elocuencia vida y costumbres del poblador rural de la región del Alto Marañón de nuestro Perú profundo. Lo hizo en los Estados Unidos con el título de ""Gente, Patrones e Imágenes del Perú"", en Bolivia como ""Imágenes del Perú"", y en nuestro país en el IPNA Lima, Chiclayo, Trujillo y Arequipa. No es indigenista pero su labor evoca a fotógrafos de antaño como el puneño Martín Chambi, el huancayino Hinostroza o a nuestro reconocido Mario Testino."" MAHLON BARASH UN PERUANISTA IDENTIFICADO CON HUAMALÍES, por Ernesto Trujillo Amado, Panorama Huamaliano Llata Huamalíes, 10 de mayo de 2012

In 'Images of Peru: Memories of Huamalies and Other Regions of Peru', Mahlon Barash documents, through stunning photographs, the two years he spent as a Peace Corps volunteer (1965-67), along with four years at the Housing Bank of Peru (1978-82) and the savings and loan system in a home improvement loan program for low-income families. , The Hanoverian, 2011 El libro de Barash enriquece la historia grafica del Peru. Empezando por la caratula: una comunera con una sonrisa dulce y universal como la de la Mona Lisa. Es un trabajo, en dos etapas: dos anos inolvidables, de 1965 a 1967, que como miembro del Cuerpo de Paz, organizacion fundada por J.F.Kennedy, lo llevo a construir nueve escuelas junto con comuneros de los caserios de Huamalies, Morca y Llata......Cada una de las 72 imagenes esta asociada a una historia. Las fotografias en blanco y negro son raras en estos dias de la era digital de registros a color. El contenido no es tan comun, pues son imagenes captadas entre veinticinco y cuarenta anos atras. Imagenes del Peru, segun Mahlon Barash, Jorge Zavaleta Alegre, Cronicas de America Latina, PAPELDEARBOL, 10 de diciembre de 2010 Mahlon, guarda gratos recuerdos de los dos anos de estadia en nuestra tierra (1966 y 1967), por ello a paseado por el mundo exhibiendo imagenes de aquel trabajo social vistas en blanco y negro que elocuencia vida y costumbres del poblador rural de la region del Alto Maranon de nuestro Peru profundo. Lo hizo en los Estados Unidos con el titulo de Gente, Patrones e Imagenes del Peru , en Bolivia como Imagenes del Peru , y en nuestro pais en el IPNA Lima, Chiclayo, Trujillo y Arequipa. No es indigenista pero su labor evoca a fotografos de antano como el puneno Martin Chambi, el huancayino Hinostroza o a nuestro reconocido Mario Testino. MAHLON BARASH UN PERUANISTA IDENTIFICADO CON HUAMALIES, por Ernesto Trujillo Amado, Panorama Huamaliano Llata Huamalies, 10 de mayo de 2012

In 'Images of Peru: Memories of Huamalies and Other Regions of Peru', Mahlon Barash documents, through stunning photographs, the two years he spent as a Peace Corps volunteer (1965-67), along with four years at the Housing Bank of Peru (1978-82) and the savings and loan system in a home improvement loan program for low-income families. , The Hanoverian, 2011 El libro de Barash enriquece la historia grafica del Peru. Empezando por la caratula: una comunera con una sonrisa dulce y universal como la de la Mona Lisa. Es un trabajo, en dos etapas: dos anos inolvidables, de 1965 a 1967, que como miembro del Cuerpo de Paz, organizacion fundada por J.F.Kennedy, lo llevo a construir nueve escuelas junto con comuneros de los caserios de Huamalies, Morca y Llata......Cada una de las 72 imagenes esta asociada a una historia. Las fotografias en blanco y negro son raras en estos dias de la era digital de registros a color. El contenido no es tan comun, pues son imagenes captadas entre veinticinco y cuarenta anos atras. Imagenes del Peru, segun Mahlon Barash, Jorge Zavaleta Alegre, Cronicas de America Latina, PAPELDEARBOL, 10 de diciembre de 2010 Mahlon, guarda gratos recuerdos de los dos anos de estadia en nuestra tierra (1966 y 1967), por ello a paseado por el mundo exhibiendo imagenes de aquel trabajo social vistas en blanco y negro que elocuencia vida y costumbres del poblador rural de la region del Alto Maranon de nuestro Peru profundo. Lo hizo en los Estados Unidos con el titulo de Gente, Patrones e Imagenes del Peru , en Bolivia como Imagenes del Peru , y en nuestro pais en el IPNA Lima, Chiclayo, Trujillo y Arequipa. No es indigenista pero su labor evoca a fotografos de antano como el puneno Martin Chambi, el huancayino Hinostroza o a nuestro reconocido Mario Testino. MAHLON BARASH UN PERUANISTA IDENTIFICADO CON HUAMALIES, por Ernesto Trujillo Amado, Panorama Huamaliano Llata - Huamalies, 10 de mayo de 2012

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Mahlon Barash has spent 40 years as an international direct hire and consultant in housing microfinance (progressive housing) programs. During his career, he has lived in Bolivia, Belize, the Philippines, Mexico, and Peru, and has worked in and visited 50 other countries. Mr. Barash has lived in Peru for a total of over 21 years on four occasions during the last 55 years. He first came to Peru in 1965 as a Peace Corps volunteer, working for a Peruvian organization named Cooperación Popular, which provided some materials for small communities to build built schools with local materials in the province of Huamalíes, Huánuco. He has loved Peru since first encountering it because of its rich history, its variety in cultures, climate, and geography. It has afforded him amazing photographic opportunities, and vivid memories of the many friends he has made there. A passionate photographer, Mr. Barash has exhibited several photos of this book various times in the United States, Bolivia, and Peru. These pictures were taken during his first two residences in Peru. Mr. Barash has a Master's degree in Anthropology from Penn State University and a Master's in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He has worked for CHF International, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), ShoreBank International, Plan International, and other NGOs as well as numerous consulting assignments. In 2017 Mr. Barash became a Peruvian citizen in addition to his US citzenship.

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