Yes - I'd always associated his work with the rather sentimental image of
the two children which was used as a tailpiece in that major exhibition
about 'man' - can't remember the name - but later was very impressed with
his 'Life' work as well as his life story. Great man. He features also in
the first volume of the Darkroom series by Lustrum Press.
AndrewF
>Smith paid the price for his work - he was badly beaten by the polluting
>industries' thugs and never regained his health (which was less than
>vigorous due to wounds suffered in the South Pacific). An heroic, and
>tragic, figure.
>
>Gary Edwards
>>
>> >The other case was a Japanese fishing village. I believe the name was
>> >Minamata and the mercury spilling into the water system from industry got
>> >into fish leading to mercury poisoning in the inhabitants who consumed
>the
>> >fish.
>>
>> At last we can bring it back to photography - I've got a copy of the
>> book/photo essay 'Minimata' by W. Eugene Smith - one of my favorites
>(Holt,
>> Reinhart, Winston - NY 1975). He documents the appalling effects of
>extreme
>> mercury poisoning on the inhabitants of a Japanese fishing village caused
>> by a local polluter.
>> AndrewF
>>
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