Architecture of Authority

photographs and afterword by Richard Ross ; essay by John R. MacArthur

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Author(s)

John R. MacArthur

Publication, year

New York : aperture, 2007

Scope

144 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9781597110525

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Architecture is not necessarily an innocent act of creativity. For the past several years--and with seemingly limitless access--photographer Richard Ross has been making unsettling and thought-provoking pictures of architectural spaces that exert power over the individuals within them. The images in Architecture of Authority build to ever harsher manifestations of power: This work deals with hot-button issues--from the surveillance that increasingly intrudes on post-9/11 life, to the abuse of power and the erosion of individual liberty.

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Person as subject

Richard Ross

Keywords

photography , (in)equity , architecture

Location

Cabinet 19 - 2: Architectuur en macht