His Camera Focused On Drama

W. Eugene Smith focused on giving a voice to the voiceless.
His medium was photography. And in one flash of his life he aimed to expose life-ruining pollution at a fishing village in Minamata, Japan.
The chemical company Chisso dumped toxic mercury waste into Minamata Bay, off the west coast of Kyushu Island, in the 1950s. Thousands of villagers ate contaminated fish, and more than 1,700 died over more than two decades. The waste ruined victims' nervous systems and shrank brains.
Smith, a former World War II combat photojournalist for Life magazine, went to Minamata after hearing about the victims' suffering.
His photos, shot in black and white to highlight the drama, showed villagers' gnarled limbs and emaciated bodies — and their struggle to walk, speak and press charges against the chemical giant.
Such work made Smith (1918-78) one of the "world's 10 greatest photographers," as Popular Photography magazine called him.

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