The Architecture of Authority, illustrates the physical spaces of prisons, police stations, confessionals, schools, and much more from around the world.

When asked what surprised Richard Ross in his experiences taking these photographs, he said...

That my wife and kids let me go to Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Beirut, etc., and actually get these images.

Very cold and intimidating pictures...... great sets.

Law Courts in Sweden have almost the same furnitures as the Law Court in Göteborg (Gothenburg).

I wish he had included the city council chamber in the Stockholm City Hall. It's as impressive as a national governing body would want.