Aris Messinis wins prestigious photojournalism honour
Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis was honoured Saturday at photojournalism's biggest annual festival, for moving images of the massive arrival of migrants in Greece last year.
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Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis was honoured Saturday at photojournalism's biggest annual festival, for moving images of the massive arrival of migrants in Greece last year.
From 27 August to 11 September 2016, the International Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan will showcase Aris Messinis’s coverage of migrants landing on the beaches of the Greek island of Lesbos.
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