Richard Ross (photographer) explained

Richard Ross is an American photographer.[1] He is best known for his body of work Juvenile in Justice, which has documented the U.S. juvenile justice system for the last 8 years. The project has been produced with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In 2007 Ross was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship to finish Architecture of Authority.[2] [3]

His latest project, Girls in Justice, focuses on girls in juvenile detention and treatment in the U.S. and will be shown at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa in January 2015.

Published works

Ross's first book, Museology, a photographic examination of museums and the display of art and historical objects, was published by Aperture Foundation in 1989 and features an introduction by Marcia Tucker, founder of the New Museum and former curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and an essay by David Mellor, art historian and curator.[4] [5]

His second book, Gathering Light explores natural and artificial light and its intrinsic relationship to photography itself through photographs of objects and places from all over the world.[6] The book featured an introduction by Dave Hickey, a prominent art and culture critic, and an essay by Eduardo Cadava, faculty in the Department of English at Princeton University.[7] [8] Published in 2004, Ross's third book, Waiting for the End of the World is compiled of photographs of bomb and other underground shelters the world over, including an underground city in Beijing, China.[9] Michael Darling, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, wrote about Waiting for the End of the World that "Ross's images of bomb shelters represent a crushing indictment of the current state of world affairs as well as a clarion call to action." The book features an interview with Richard Ross by Sarah Vowell, a New York Times best selling author.[10]

After Waiting for the End of the World Ross published three books compiling successful U.S. patent applications from the last century; Patently Ridiculous, Patently Erotic and Patently Christmas. The books were published by Plume.

In 2007, with Aperture Foundation, Ross published Architecture of Authority. The book was included in Photo District News best books of 2007 and the accompanying exhibition was number 10 on the Artforum list of best shows of 2007.[11] [12] The book features an essay by John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine.

Ross's first book covering the U.S. juvenile justice system, Juvenile in Justice, was published in 2012 with a foreword by Ira Glass and an essay by Bart Lubow. The nearly 150 images in the book were made over 5 years of visiting more than 1,000 youth confined in more than 200 juvenile institutions in 31 states.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Teaching

Since 1977 Ross has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[23] He teaches photography and photojournalism.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exhibition Opening at Aperture Gallery: Richard Ross. Architecture of Authority. Aperture Foundation.
  2. News: Staff Report. Two Guggenheim fellowships go to UCSB professors. Santa Barbara News-Press. April 15, 2007.
  3. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Richard Ross, 2007, Creative Arts, Photography. Guggenheim Foundation. 15 September 2011.
  4. News: Smith. Roberta. Marcia Tucker, 66, Founder of a Radical Art Museum, Dies. 15 September 2011. The New York Times. 19 October 2006.
  5. Book: Ross, Richard. Museology. 1989. Aperture Foundation. New York. 0-89381-376-1. 78.
  6. Book: Ross, Richard. Gathering Light. 2000. John Hansard Gallery and Speed Art Museum. Southampton, England and Louisville, Kentucky. 0-8263-2268-9.
  7. Web site: Department of English. Eduard Cadava, Professor. Princeton. 15 September 2011.
  8. News: Yabroff. Jennie. Reenter the Dragon. 15 September 2011. Newsweek. 13 March 2009.
  9. Book: Ross, Richard. Waiting for the End of the World. 2004. Princeton Architectural Press. New York. 1-56898-466-9. 144. registration.
  10. Web site: New York Times Best Seller List. Best Sellers - The New York Times. 21 September 2011.
  11. Stuart Hughes. Holly. Photo Books of the Year. Photo District News. December 2007.
  12. Vanderbilt. Tom. Best of 2007, 10, Richard Ross. "Architecture of Authority". Artforum. December 2007.
  13. Web site: Exposures Blog. Exhibition Opening at Aperture Gallery: Richard Ross. Aperture Foundation. 15 September 2011.
  14. Web site: National Building Museum. Architecture of Authority: Photographs by Richard Ross. 15 September 2011.
  15. News: Walsh. Daniella. A different light. The Orange County Register. 27 January 2002.
  16. Web site: Artdaily. 2022-02-11. "Richard Ross Photography: Gathering Light". artdaily.cc.
  17. Web site: NZZ Online. Ausstellung von Richard Ross in Luzern. NZZ. 19 September 2006.
  18. News: Gipe. Lawrence. Gathering Ross. The Independent. 3 July 2003.
  19. Book: Phillips, Sandra S.. Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870. 2010. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-16343-8. 256.
  20. Web site: 2022-02-11. Art Review: At "Teen Age" adults help teens expres their angst. 15 September 2010. SF Weekly.
  21. Web site: Ronald Feldman Gallery. Face Off. 15 September 2011.
  22. Web site: The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University. Exhibition Detail, Group Show: New, Used, Borrowed. Curated by David Michael Lee. ARTslant. 15 September 2011.
  23. Book: Ross, Richard. Architecture of Authority. 2007. Aperture Foundation. New York. 978-1-59711-052-5. 144.
  24. Web site: UCSB Department of Art. Richard Ross. 16 February 2014.

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