Comments on: The Architecture of Authority in D.C. http://www.aperture.org/exposures/?p=2456 An Aperture Blog Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Pete Brook http://www.aperture.org/exposures/?p=2456&cpage=1#comment-5781 Pete Brook Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:25:30 +0000 http://www.aperture.org/exposures/?p=2456#comment-5781 Ross' work is phenomenal. I am a huge fan, but I am also the harshest of critics. It seems that the cultural importance of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo were too important to leave out of his "Architecture of Authority" book. However, I have made the argument that perhaps Ross should have left them out as his images of the two prisons are the loosest of his images and therefore his weakest; compromising the collection as a whole. If that argument interests you, read here: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/richard-ross-prison-apparatus-and-the-human-touch/ Ross’ work is phenomenal. I am a huge fan, but I am also the harshest of critics. It seems that the cultural importance of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo were too important to leave out of his “Architecture of Authority” book.

However, I have made the argument that perhaps Ross should have left them out as his images of the two prisons are the loosest of his images and therefore his weakest; compromising the collection as a whole. If that argument interests you, read here:

http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/richard-ross-prison-apparatus-and-the-human-touch/

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