Internationally acclaimed Norwegian photographer Knut Bry was arrested on the Greek island of Lesvos on Thursday suspected of espionage.
According to local media stonisi, he was arrested for taking pictures of the Greek Coast Guard and Navy vessels.
Citing Coast Guard sources the local news website notes that the vessels were on the pictures he shot. During a search in his home in the presence of a judicial representative, electronic archives with pictures were seized, and are now under examination.
“He has been referred to the First Instance prosecutor of Mytilene with heavy felony charges for espionage and received 24 hours to prepare his testimony,” stonisi reports.” He will testify on Friday.
Bry has won a number of photographic awards, among them Photographer of the Year in the United States in 1986 and in Norway in 1989.