Tomoko in Her Bath, Minamata, Japan

© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for rep…
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith
Tomoko in Her Bath, Minamata, Japan
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Tomoko in Her Bath, Minamata, Japan

Date1972
Artist (American photographer and photojournalist, 1918–1978)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 7 13/16 × 12 7/8 in. (19.8 × 32.7 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and contributions, 1976
Object number1976-14
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextA socially committed documentary photographer, Smith spent three years documenting the effects of industrial mercury poisoning on the people of the Japanese village of Minamata. This image of a mother bathing her daughter is among the most iconic photographs of this series.
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
Joseph W. Minarick
1977
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
before 1952
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1942
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1952
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1934
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1934
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1936
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduct…
Harold Eugene Edgerton
1936
© Sally Gall. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publi…
Sally Gall
1986
© Michael A. Smith. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or…
Michael A. Smith
1975
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not dated