In 2007, Ross was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for "Architecture of Authority," a photographic series that chronicles architectural spaces around the world that employ power over individuals in a Foucaultian fashion.
Artists like Ross and Jessica Blank/Erik Jensen of The Exonerated, as well as programs like Bard’s Prison Initiative and The Public’s Mobile Unit point out that small waves are being made in helping illuminate the need for prison reform, as well as providing educational and cultural connection to thousands of Americans behind bars.