Lecture, book-signing by photographer Norman Mauskopf A special event from the Palace’s Photo Archives and Verve Gallery

Join award-winning Santa Fe photographer Norman Mauskopf for a discussion of his new book, Descendants, featuring the Hispanic culture of northern New Mexico. Mauskopf's black-and-white gelatin silver photographs will be on display at the Verve Gallery of Photography (219 E. Marcy St.), which is co-hosting this lecture in the History Museum Auditorium with the museum's Palace of the Governors Photo Archives.

The lecture is in conjunction with an exhibit at Verve featuring both Mauskopf and William Albert Allard. An opening reception for the exhibit will be Friday, Jan. 21, from 5-7 pm at Verve.

For a glimpse of Mauskopf's work, go to the Verve Gallery's website or click here: http://www.vervegalleryofphotography.com/?p=artist_gallery&a=MA&g=1&r=1&photographer=Norman%20Mauskopf.

During a distinguished career spanning over 25 years, Mauskopf has had three award-winning photographic books. Rodeo peered into the lives of professional rodeo cowboys and, as author Ben Maddow wrote, its images "are not merely photographs but observations deeply seen and deeply felt… Mauskopf has uncovered something profound and instinctive."

Dark Horses documented the world of thoroughbred horse racing and was described as "classic photojournalism slyly refracted through prisms of drama, majesty and humor.”

A Time Not Here focused on African-American musical and spiritual traditions in Mississippi, and was described as "a focused documentary of astonishing beauty."

Descendants, Mauskopf’s most recent publication, features the Hispanic culture of northern New Mexico and includes the poem "Singing at the Gates" by Jimmy Santiago Baca.

His photographs have been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including two shows at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France. In addition to working on his own projects, Mauskopf has photographed assignments for numerous magazine and corporate clients and has worked as an educator for over 25 years. He has also completed a rare, unpublished documentary portfolio of portraits in a legal brothel in Nevada.