| ÜCenter for Creative PhotographyTAKESHI ISHIKAWA Thursday, October 12, 2023, 5:30 pmCo-sponsored by Etherton Gallery “Join us on October 12 at the Center for Creative Photography for a talk by renowned photographer Takeshi Ishikawa.Visiting Tucson from Japan, Ishikawa will generously share his unique journey as an assistant to W. Eugene Smith and Aileen Smith in crafting the iconic photographic series known as “Minamata.” In 1971, W. Eugene Smith traveled to Japan with his wife, Aileen Mioko Smith, to the environmental catastrophe in Minamata. A small fishing village on the west coast of Japan, Minamata, had been polluted with mercury waste by the local plastic producer, Chisso. Local villagers experienced innumerable and irrevocable health diseases and due to the contamination. Ishikawa’s presentation at CCP, “Bringing W. Eugene Smith’s Photo Book Minamata: A Warning to the World to Publication,” will recount his fated encounter with W. Eugene Smith in a Japanese train station that led to three years of living and collaborating with the Smiths, including photographing behind-the-scenes footage of Smith’s remarkable body of work.“ |
CCP is at 1030 N.Olive Rd. on UA campus, in Tucson.