Deadline reports that MGM has acquired the rights for the Johnny Depp drama “Minamata” – chronicling W. Eugene Smith’s last photo essay on the horrific mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan. For decades, Japan’s Chisso Corporation dumped methylmercury and other heavy metals into wastewater that exited into Minamata Bay, a by-product of their chemical manufacturing. The […]
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Johnny Depp is set to become the reel-life counterpart of renowned war photographer W. Eugene Smith in an upcoming independent film "Minamata." The drama will be about the Japanese coastal town of Minamata in Kumamoto Prefecture and the severe mercury poisoning disease that affected it. thephoblographer.com »
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Every Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Cabrera described an imagined image of singer Demi Lovato in her room, writing a song among all of her ephemera. Two of her songs had […]
I’m Martin from the All About Street Photography channel. In this 6-minute video and article, I am going to talk about the photo essay “Country Doctor” by W. Eugene Smith. We’ll be taking a closer look at the story behind some photographs.