Set of 3 images, glass and metal framed 405mm x 510mm. Image area is 250mm wide x 275mm deep.
a. Chisso Chemical Company storage.
b. Home vegetable garden.
c. Fishing boats.
Minamata today looks like any typical coastal fishing village, but it has a dark past. The real effects of mercury poisoning were discovered here in a shameful example of environmental vandalism. Fishing is again a viable industry here, but as a photographer it is hard to imagine looking forward to the local sushi.