Enduring Justice: Photographs

By Thomas Roma

Foreword by Norman Mailer and Introduction by Robert Coles Thomas Roma, Chair of the Columbia University Department of Photography and two-time recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships, spent 14 months prowling the halls of the Brooklyn Criminal Court Building, documenting lives transformed by the workings of the law. Within the confines of this oppressive atmosphere, fraught with accusation and judgement, Roma's photographs are evocative and empathic portraits of people whose fates will be decided by the fall of a gavel. 82 duotone photos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576871029
• ISBN13: 9781576871027
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: powerHouse Books
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

beyond art or document

thomas roma's photographs represent some of the most challenging, enlightening work of the past few decades. each of his books is worth whatever price they ask, but this project i find particularly brilliant and powerful, as he photographs victims, criminals, family member of both, employees, lawyers - the whole world of a new york city courthouse which must be one of the most intriguing mixes of people and all their telling details. this is just a great book.