Prix Pictet Winner Richard Mosse Arrested At Anti-Refugee Rally | PDNPulse

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Prix Pictet Winner Richard Mosse Arrested At Anti-Refugee Rally | PDNPulse

Irish photographer Richard Mosse, who won the 2017 Prix Pictet prize in May for his thermographic images of refugee camps, says he was arrested last Thursday on the Greek island of Chios while working on a project documenting refugees, The Art Newspaper r

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Mosse says he was on the island to film an episode of Bloomberg’s “Brilliant Ideas” series. He was observing an anti-immigrant rally when he was arrested by undercover Greek police. In an Instagram post, Mosse says he was wrestled to the ground, handcuffed and taken to jail.