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Urban explorer artist Isaac Wright, known as 'Drift,' was arrested by NYPD officers at the opening of his 'Coming Home' exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea. He faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge for allegedly climbing the Empire State Building to take a photograph featured in the show. Wright, who has been arrested four times for similar acts, was released on bail and spoke to ARTnews about the unexpected arrest in front of 400 gallerygoers.

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Urban explorer photographer Isaac Wright, known professionally as “Drift,” was arrested by NYPD officers at the opening of his first solo exhibition, “Coming Home,” at Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea on Thursday evening. Witnesses reported that an undercover woman signaled to police before the arrest, which occurred just before 8 p.m. Wright faces a charge of criminal trespassing in the third degree, a class B misdemeanor, and was released the next day. The show continued despite the disruption.

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Photographer Isaac Wright, known for his high-altitude urban exploration photography, announced that criminal trespassing charges against him will be dropped after he completed five months of court-ordered therapy. Wright was arrested by NYPD officers during the opening night of his solo exhibition "Coming Home" at Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea in May, in front of 400 attendees. He had been charged with a class B misdemeanor after police issued a warrant, which Wright believes was triggered by his photograph "Empire State of Mind (2024)" taken from the Empire State Building.

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Photographer Who Scales Buildings to Get the Perfect Shot Arrested at Opening Night of His First Solo Exhibition

Photographer Isaac Wright, known as Drift, was arrested at the opening night of his first solo exhibition, “Coming Home,” at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York City on May 15, 2025. A plainclothes officer tapped him on the shoulder while he was speaking with the crowd, and uniformed officers then led him out in handcuffs. The arrest stems from a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge linked to a photograph in the show, which Wright took after climbing the spire of the Empire State Building in 2024. Wright, a former Army soldier who began climbing buildings to cope with PTSD, has faced previous legal trouble for rooftop trespassing, including a 2020 arrest in Arizona.

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Photographer "Drift" Arrested at His Exhibition Opening

Photographer Isaac “Drift” Wright was arrested at his own solo exhibition opening at Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea, New York, on Thursday night. NYPD officers charged him with third-degree trespassing, with an undercover officer reportedly present at the event. Wright, a former Army paratrooper known for climbing skyscrapers and restricted sites to capture high-altitude photographs, had previously served jail time in 2020 for evading police. His first solo show, titled "Coming Home," was intended to mark a fresh start, but the arrest occurred just two hours into the opening.

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