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Published on: 10/3/2007
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by Richard Ross · Interview by Nicole Pasulka
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Architecture of Authority, by Richard Ross, all rights reserved
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To Richard Ross, the DMV is more than an annoyance; it's an example of authority at work in our daily lives.Ross's new book, The Architecture of Authority, illustrates how the physical spaces of prison, the police station, confessional, and even school force us to negotiate with these institutions for our autonomy and, in some cases, our freedom.
Richard Ross is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a recipient of an NEA Fullbright, and is currently a Guggenheim Fellow.Architecture of Authority is out this month, and there will be a talk and book signing at the Aperture Gallery in New York on Sept. 25th.Other books include Waiting for the End of the World, Gathering Light, and Museology.He has a tattoo on his right bicep.All images © Richard Ross, all rights reserved.