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An illuminating collection of candid interviews and photographs with workers in America’s burgeoning security state. In a world increasingly under surveillance, this cutting-edge documentary collaboration turns the camera on the ever-expanding American security state. Representing a wide range of perspectives from inside this vast field,
List of contents
Foreword by Winifred Poster
Introduction: “Beginnings: Security in the Fatherland” by Edward Schwarzschild
Photographer’s Statement of Intent: “Learning to See Security” by Danny Goodwin
1. Homeland Security/Military
Dan Izzo/Retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer; Eyal Press/Journalist/Sociologist/ Author; Pablo Arroyo/Former Recon Marine/State Trooper/Bomb Technician; Terri Merz/Senior Research Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; James Vizzard/Retired US Army Colonel
2. Portfolio: Simulations
3. Border Patrol
Adrian Aizpuru/Retired Patrol Agent in Charge/US Border Patrol; Victor Manjarrez/Retired Chief Patrol Agent/US Border Patrol; Francisco Cantú/Author/Professor; Carla Provost/Retired National Chief/US Border Patrol
4. Portfolio: Border Studies
5. CIA/FBI/Secret Service
Jim Steiner/Retired Senior CIA Officer; Diana Bolsinger/CIA/Department of State/US Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Fatema Ahmad/Executive Director/Muslim Justice League; Hasan Elahi/Artist/Dean/College of Fine, Performing and Communications Arts (CFPCA) at Wayne State University; Larry Cunningham/Security Consultant/Retired US Secret Service Agent-in-Charge
6. Portfolio: Constructions
7. Emergency Management
Cyndi Mellen/Continuity of Operations Director at New York City Emergency Management; DeeDee Bennett Gayle/Associate Professor/College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC)/University at Albany, SUNY; John Delaney/High Threat Program Manager at Arlington County Fire Department; Chauncia Willis/Disaster equity expert/Author/Emergency manager and co-founder of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management (I-DIEM)
Afterword by Winifred Poster
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Figure List
About the author
Danny Goodwin is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University at Albany, SUNY. His photographic, video, and installation work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and published extensively in the United States and Europe.
Edward Schwarzschild is Professor and Director of Creative Writing in the English Department at the University at Albany, SUNY. He is the author of three works of fiction, In Security, The Family Diamond, and Responsible Men; and his writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere.
