2.08.2011

NORMAN MAUSKOPF: Descendants

Photograph (c) Norman Mauskopf /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Norman Mauskopf /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Norman Mauskopf /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Norman Mauskopf /All Rights Reserved

"newborns scream their arrivals, and fathers with wrist chains and tattoos cling to their little loves in parks, and the circle widens and expands and ripples toward every closed gate, with tribal drums beating, gourds blowing and rattles rattling we are here, we are here, we are here" – New Mexican poet, Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Northern New Mexico is a complex weave of pride and history. In this region of ancient traditions and striking environmental and ethnic diversity, documentary photographer Norman Mauskopf has spent the last decade photographing the Hispanic people and their culture. The photographs that emerged depict the intersection of religion, injustice, community, and transcendence. Twin Palms Publishers

7 comments:

Caio Fern said...

this subject is very exiting , isn't it ?
and the photos are incredible good.

Bruce Barone said...

WOW! Great images.

Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...

Lovely post...this poet is mind moving with his words...I can see the faces of the people without having the photo in front of me. Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

Larry the Artist said...

I would not have known that this was in the United States if you hadn't told me.

nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelier said...

I adore your work!

-K- said...

Really wonderful work. As one of the above commentators said, its hard to believe these were taken here in the U.S.

heungman said...

beautiful work from an Art Center Alumnus.