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W. Eugene Smith Victims and supporters enjoy a night of relaxation after demonstration and trial session in Kumamoto city. 1972 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Isamu NAGAI, a victim of the disease, at the Rehabilitation Center for Minamata patients. Minamata, Japan. 1971 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Isamu Nagai, a victim of Minamata disease, at the Rehabilitation Center for Minamata patients. Minamata, Japan. 1971 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Takako Isayama, a 12-year-old fetal (congenital) victim of the Minamata disease, with her mother. Minamata. Japan. 1972 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Iwazo Funaba's crippled hands. She is a victim of the Minamata disease. Minamata, Japan. 1971 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Mrs Hayashida with her dying husband. They both suffer from mercury poisoning. Minamata, Japan. 1971 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Patients and relatives carry photographs of the 'verified' dead on the last day of the Minamata Trial (victims of the disease against the Chisso Plant). Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Takako Isayama, a 12-year-old fetal (congenital) Minamata disease victim with her mother. Japan. 1972 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
Tomoko with her family, supporters, Gene, and Asahi Camera editor, taken at Tomoko’s home in Minamata on her sixteenth birthday. Photo by Aileen M. Smith. June 13, 1972.