ndustrial pollution and mercury poisoning are some of the most heinous consequences of humanity’s urbanization. One example of an artist that shed light on these problems came from Eugene Smith’s photograph entitled: Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath. This photograph helped to bring awareness of the problems that urbanization has on an environmental level. When staying in Minamata from 1971 to 1973, Smith specifically aimed to bring Minamata disease to the public’s attention on a world scale through the use of photographs and factual information, however, at some point, he showed the intention of showing sympathy toward Tomoko as well.
Minamata disease began its spread in the mid 1950’s when the people of the coastal town Minamata began to exhibit signs of a strange illness. Those afflicted claimed to have “numbness in their limbs and lips,” “difficulty hearing or seeing,” while others “developed shaking in their arms and legs, difficulty walking, even brain damage,” and some even “seemed to be going crazy, shouting uncontrollably,” (Kugler). The people of the town were all linked together in that they all ate fish, so scientists believed that the fish, their main source of food, must have been getting poisoned. This brought almost immediate suspicion to the Chisso Corporation for their manufacturing procedures.
ndustrial pollution and mercury poisoning are some of the most heinous consequences of humanity’s urbanization. One example of an artist that shed light on these problems came from Eugene Smith’s photograph entitled: Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath. This photograph helped to bring awareness of the problems that urbanization has on an environmental level. When staying in Minamata from 1971 to 1973, Smith specifically aimed to bring Minamata disease to the public’s attention on a world scale through the use of photographs and factual information, however, at some point, he showed the intention of showing sympathy toward Tomoko as well.
Minamata disease began its spread in the mid 1950’s when the people of the coastal town Minamata began to exhibit signs of a strange illness. Those afflicted claimed to have “numbness in their limbs and lips,” “difficulty hearing or seeing,” while others “developed shaking in their arms and legs, difficulty walking, even brain damage,” and some even “seemed to be going crazy, shouting uncontrollably,” (Kugler). The people of the town were all linked together in that they all ate fish, so scientists believed that the fish, their main source of food, must have been getting poisoned. This brought almost immediate suspicion to the Chisso Corporation for their manufacturing procedures.
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