Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, was hit by heavy rain disaster in July 2020.
Water-damaged photographic negative film.
Yuki Toyoda was in charge of producing the project to publish a photo book that reprinted the photographs taken by local photographers from the late 1940s to the early 2000s that were on negatives.
She moved to Minamata and traced the traces of Minamata disease that still remain today.
This photo book compiles and publishes portraits of the people of the Kuroiwa district of mountainous Ashikita town, which have only been discovered in modern times.
Also scheduled for release this year is the film "Minamata," which depicts the struggle of photographer Eugene Smith, who brought Minamata disease to the world.
I hope that these three books will help you learn more about Minamata disease.