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
people, places, flight at http://members.home.com/garyetx/
----- Original Message -----
From: "andrew fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] mercury batteries-OT story
>
> >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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