U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals

The U.S. Marshal service is the longest standing law enforcement agency in theÂ United States. As the enforcement arm of the federal courts, marshals are tasked withÂ protecting judges, prosecutors, and witnesses, and are also responsible forÂ transporting prisoners and tracking down the country's most dangerous fugitives. OverÂ the years, the ranks of this pillar of American law enforcement have included the likesÂ of Frederick Douglass, Wyatt Earp, and Wild Bill Hickok, and they have been involvedÂ in diverse missions raging from tracking down train robbers in the Wild West, toÂ protecting African American school children segregating the south in the Civil RightsÂ Era, to seizing and auctioning off Bernie Madoff's property.

The Marshals project started in 2010, and was photographed on and off over threeÂ years. Renowned photographer Brian Finke was reunited with a childhood friend whoÂ had gone into law enforcement, now Deputy Marshal Cameron Welch. With Welch asÂ an access point, Finke documents the wild, dangerous, and heroic work of the U.S.Â Marshals. Finke photographed marshals at various offices around the country, startingÂ in Houston, then in Las Vegas, New York City, Syracuse, Utica, Philadelphia,Â Camdon, Atlantic City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and a handful of Texas border towns:Â Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo, Del Rio, Alpine, and El Paso. Finke captured the
marshals during training, but also on the job on ride-alongs, and engaged inÂ operations with other agencies rounding up escaped convicts and executing warrants.Â

Through Finke's trained lens, the reader is treated to a unique, on-the-groundÂ portrait of this elite group of officers. And at the same time Finke sheds light on howÂ we police ourselves in the United States today.
Country USA
Brand powerHouse Books
Manufacturer powerHouse Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-11-04
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781576877111

Country	USA
Brand	powerHouse Books
Manufacturer	powerHouse Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-11-04
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781576877111

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