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Job/Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry

Job/Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry

An illuminating collection of candid interviews and photographs with workers in America's burgeoning security state. New from The MIT Press.

In a world increasingly under surveillance, this cutting-edge documentary collaboration turns the camera on the ever-expanding American security state. Job/Security bears photographic and narrative witness to the people tasked with safeguarding our modern world. In these uniquely revealing interviews and photographs, authors Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild assemble a multifaceted portrait of the labor of security. They offer a close-up, in-depth look at what the near-ubiquitous business of monitoring, guarding, and protecting life and property in the United States means for the individuals who do the work, and for the society they ostensibly serve.

Representing a wide range of perspectives from inside this vast field, Job/Security features men and women who work in homeland security, border patrol, the secret service, and emergency management, among other fields. In candid terms, these enforcers, critics, and targets of security regimes describe their working lives—their jobs, routines, backgrounds, and families—as well as their feelings about what they do. Their stories offer a rare glimpse into the internal complexities of security work and fresh insight into what the encroaching security state is doing to America's hearts and minds, one worker at a time, and to society at large, on an intimately human scale.

Rosterfield Motel, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

Rosterfield Motel, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Tarmac at Reagan International, 2019

Tarmac at Reagan International, 2019

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

40 x 50” Archival Pirment Print

City Drugs, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

City Drugs, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

83 x 72” C-Print, edition of 2.

Contractors: FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR, 2021.

Contractors: FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR, 2021.

32x40” Archival Pigment Print

USAR Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

USAR Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50″ Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Contractors: Triple Canopy, Reston, VA, 2021

Contractors: Triple Canopy, Reston, VA, 2021

Archival Pigment Print, 32x40”

Bean County Court House, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

Bean County Court House, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, 2021

Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, 2021

40 x 60” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Trees, Reston, VA, 2019

Trees, Reston, VA, 2019

32x40” Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Dallas, TX, 2019

Dallas, TX, 2019

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Gobo, 2019.

Gobo, 2019.

32x40” Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Invisible Helderberg Escarpment, Berne, NY, 2018

Invisible Helderberg Escarpment, Berne, NY, 2018

44 x 55” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Invisible Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, VA, 2018

Invisible Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, VA, 2018

32 x 40" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Penrose Triangle, 2017

Penrose Triangle, 2017

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Necker Cube, 2018

Necker Cube, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Graph Paper Prototype, 2018

Graph Paper Prototype, 2018

40 x 32" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, 2018

CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, 2018

40 x 60" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Western Ave., 2018

Western Ave., 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

1978 OV10 Turret with 1974 Tow Night Sight and Display, 2018

1978 OV10 Turret with 1974 Tow Night Sight and Display, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

1974 Prototype TOW Night Sight, 2018

1974 Prototype TOW Night Sight, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

X's Rolexes, 2018 (After Felix Gonzalez Torres)

X's Rolexes, 2018 (After Felix Gonzalez Torres)

11 x 14" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Invisible Object #24, 2016

Invisible Object #24, 2016

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Invisible Object #6, 2016

Invisible Object #6, 2016

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Color Checker in Invisible Landscape

Color Checker in Invisible Landscape

44x52" Archival Pigment Print, 2015, Edition of 6

OOO, 2016

OOO, 2016

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Duct Tape Decoy, 2014

Duct Tape Decoy, 2014

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

3D Duct Tape on Transparent Layer, 2014

3D Duct Tape on Transparent Layer, 2014

44 x 44" Archival Pigment on Paper,  Edition of 4.

3-D Screwdriver, 2015

3-D Screwdriver, 2015

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Untitled Suburban Installation with Log Prototype, 2013

Untitled Suburban Installation with Log Prototype, 2013

44 x 60" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4

Film Box Prototype, 2013

Film Box Prototype, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Installation View, Way Out Gallery, 2013

Installation View, Way Out Gallery, 2013

Rensselaerville, NY

Installation View, 2016

Installation View, 2016

Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY

Installation View, 2016

Installation View, 2016

Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY

12 Daniel Goodwins in 12 Square Miles, 2013

12 Daniel Goodwins in 12 Square Miles, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Inkjet on Paper, Edition of 4.

Log Prototype #1, 2013

Log Prototype #1, 2013

24 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Suburban Grid #3, 2013

Suburban Grid #3, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Suicide Drone Prototype, 2013

Suicide Drone Prototype, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Claymore (Inert), 2017

Claymore (Inert), 2017

44 x 54" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Decoy:  Home of Daniel Goodwin, 2009

Decoy: Home of Daniel Goodwin, 2009

Helium-filled Mylar Balloons, Stainless Steel Cable, Acrylic on Paper, Polyurethane, Proprietary Wireless Video Camera.  Edition of 12.

Installation View of "Decoys", Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY, 2009

Installation View of "Decoys", Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY, 2009

Helium-filled Mylar Balloons, Stainless Steel Cable, Acrylic on Paper, Polyurethane, Proprietary Wireless Video Camera, LCD Monitor and Video Receiver, Haliburton Zero Case. Unique.

Installation Detail, Jack the Pelican Presents, 2003

Installation Detail, Jack the Pelican Presents, 2003

Brooklyn, NY.  Wireless Video Transceiver, 5" LCD monitors, Aluminum, Dimensions Variable.

Undergarment Incendiary Device (a la Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab), 2010

Undergarment Incendiary Device (a la Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab), 2010

44 x 52", Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Dental Bridge Tranceiver, 1999

Dental Bridge Tranceiver, 1999

8 x 10" Fuji Crystal Archive C-Print, edition of 8.

Booby-Trapped Teakettle, 1998

Booby-Trapped Teakettle, 1998

11 x 14" Gelatin-Silver Print, Edition of 12.

Job/Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry

An illuminating collection of candid interviews and photographs with workers in America's burgeoning security state. New from The MIT Press.

In a world increasingly under surveillance, this cutting-edge documentary collaboration turns the camera on the ever-expanding American security state. Job/Security bears photographic and narrative witness to the people tasked with safeguarding our modern world. In these uniquely revealing interviews and photographs, authors Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild assemble a multifaceted portrait of the labor of security. They offer a close-up, in-depth look at what the near-ubiquitous business of monitoring, guarding, and protecting life and property in the United States means for the individuals who do the work, and for the society they ostensibly serve.

Representing a wide range of perspectives from inside this vast field, Job/Security features men and women who work in homeland security, border patrol, the secret service, and emergency management, among other fields. In candid terms, these enforcers, critics, and targets of security regimes describe their working lives—their jobs, routines, backgrounds, and families—as well as their feelings about what they do. Their stories offer a rare glimpse into the internal complexities of security work and fresh insight into what the encroaching security state is doing to America's hearts and minds, one worker at a time, and to society at large, on an intimately human scale.

Rosterfield Motel, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Tarmac at Reagan International, 2019

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022

40 x 50” Archival Pirment Print

City Drugs, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

83 x 72” C-Print, edition of 2.

Contractors: FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR, 2021.

32x40” Archival Pigment Print

USAR Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50″ Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Contractors: Triple Canopy, Reston, VA, 2021

Archival Pigment Print, 32x40”

Bean County Court House, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, 2021

40 x 60” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Trees, Reston, VA, 2019

32x40” Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Dallas, TX, 2019

40 x 50” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Gobo, 2019.

32x40” Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Invisible Helderberg Escarpment, Berne, NY, 2018

44 x 55” Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4

Invisible Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, VA, 2018

32 x 40" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Penrose Triangle, 2017

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Necker Cube, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Graph Paper Prototype, 2018

40 x 32" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, 2018

40 x 60" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Western Ave., 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

1978 OV10 Turret with 1974 Tow Night Sight and Display, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

1974 Prototype TOW Night Sight, 2018

44 x 55" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

X's Rolexes, 2018 (After Felix Gonzalez Torres)

11 x 14" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Invisible Object #24, 2016

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Invisible Object #6, 2016

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Color Checker in Invisible Landscape

44x52" Archival Pigment Print, 2015, Edition of 6

OOO, 2016

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Duct Tape Decoy, 2014

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

3D Duct Tape on Transparent Layer, 2014

44 x 44" Archival Pigment on Paper,  Edition of 4.

3-D Screwdriver, 2015

52 x 44" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Untitled Suburban Installation with Log Prototype, 2013

44 x 60" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4

Film Box Prototype, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Installation View, Way Out Gallery, 2013

Rensselaerville, NY

Installation View, 2016

Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY

Installation View, 2016

Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY

12 Daniel Goodwins in 12 Square Miles, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Inkjet on Paper, Edition of 4.

Log Prototype #1, 2013

24 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Suburban Grid #3, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Suicide Drone Prototype, 2013

44 x 52" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Claymore (Inert), 2017

44 x 54" Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4.

Decoy: Home of Daniel Goodwin, 2009

Helium-filled Mylar Balloons, Stainless Steel Cable, Acrylic on Paper, Polyurethane, Proprietary Wireless Video Camera.  Edition of 12.

Installation View of "Decoys", Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY, 2009

Helium-filled Mylar Balloons, Stainless Steel Cable, Acrylic on Paper, Polyurethane, Proprietary Wireless Video Camera, LCD Monitor and Video Receiver, Haliburton Zero Case. Unique.

Installation Detail, Jack the Pelican Presents, 2003

Brooklyn, NY.  Wireless Video Transceiver, 5" LCD monitors, Aluminum, Dimensions Variable.

Undergarment Incendiary Device (a la Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab), 2010

44 x 52", Archival Pigment Print, edition of 4.

Dental Bridge Tranceiver, 1999

8 x 10" Fuji Crystal Archive C-Print, edition of 8.

Booby-Trapped Teakettle, 1998

11 x 14" Gelatin-Silver Print, Edition of 12.

Job/Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry
Rosterfield Motel, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.
Tarmac at Reagan International, 2019
Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022
Ambos Nogales (Arizona/Sonora), 2022
City Drugs, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.
Contractors: FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR, 2021.
USAR Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.
Contractors: Triple Canopy, Reston, VA, 2021
Bean County Court House, Cityscape Simulator, SPTC, Oriskany, NY, 2019.
Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, 2021
Trees, Reston, VA, 2019
Dallas, TX, 2019
Gobo, 2019.
Invisible Helderberg Escarpment, Berne, NY, 2018
Invisible Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, VA, 2018
Penrose Triangle, 2017
Necker Cube, 2018
Graph Paper Prototype, 2018
CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, 2018
Western Ave., 2018
1978 OV10 Turret with 1974 Tow Night Sight and Display, 2018
1974 Prototype TOW Night Sight, 2018
X's Rolexes, 2018 (After Felix Gonzalez Torres)
Invisible Object #24, 2016
Invisible Object #6, 2016
Color Checker in Invisible Landscape
OOO, 2016
Duct Tape Decoy, 2014
3D Duct Tape on Transparent Layer, 2014
3-D Screwdriver, 2015
Untitled Suburban Installation with Log Prototype, 2013
Film Box Prototype, 2013
Installation View, Way Out Gallery, 2013
Installation View, 2016
Installation View, 2016
12 Daniel Goodwins in 12 Square Miles, 2013
Log Prototype #1, 2013
Suburban Grid #3, 2013
Suicide Drone Prototype, 2013
Claymore (Inert), 2017
Decoy:  Home of Daniel Goodwin, 2009
Installation View of "Decoys", Boor Sculpture Studio, Albany, NY, 2009
Installation Detail, Jack the Pelican Presents, 2003
Undergarment Incendiary Device (a la Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab), 2010
Dental Bridge Tranceiver, 1999
Booby-Trapped Teakettle, 1998