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Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath
''Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath'' is a photograph taken by American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith in 1971. Many commentators regard ''Tomoko'' as Smith's greatest work. The black-and-white photo depicts a mother cradling her severely deformed, naked daughter in a traditional Japanese bathroom. The mother, Ryoko Uemura, agreed to deliberately pose the startlingly intimate photograph with Smith to illustrate the terrible effects of Minamata disease (a type of mercury poisoning) on the body and mind of her daughter Tomoko. Upon publication the photo became world famous, significantly raising the international profile of Minamata disease and the struggle of the victims for recognition and compensation. At the wishes of Tomoko Uemura's family, the photograph was withdrawn from further publication in 1997, 20 years after Tomoko's death.
Alternate names given for the photograph include: ''Tomoko in the Bath'', ''Tomoko and Mother in the Bath'' and ''Tomoko is Bathed by her Mother''.
==Capture==
W. Eugene Smith and his wife Aileen Smith lived in Minamata from 1971 to 1973, with the specific aim of bringing Minamata disease to public attention. During those three years Smith took thousands of photographs, leading to the production of numerous magazine articles, exhibitions and a book. Smith realised that a single, striking photograph was required to become a symbol of Minamata disease. In Smith's own words, "It grew and grew in my mind that to me the symbol of Minamata was, finally, a picture of this woman (mother ), and the child, Tomoko. One day I simply said () let us try to make that symbolic picture".〔Maddow, Ben. (1985). ''Let Truth Be the Prejudice: W.Eugene Smith His Life and Photographs''. Aperture〕
Tomoko's parents allowed Smith to photograph their daughter's body, in the hope that it might draw attention to the plight of similar families in Minamata and other pollution victims all over the world. Ryoko Uemura was keen for the photograph to portray her daughter in a sympathetic manner and actively collaborated with Smith to stage the perfect shot. Jim Hughes, (a biographer) said of Smith, "Although he wanted a photograph that would clearly show Tomoko's deformed body, Gene told me it was Ryoko Uemura, the mother, who suggested the bathing chamber".〔The Digital Journalist ''(Tomoko Uemura, R.I.P. )'', Article by Jim Hughes〕 The photograph was finally taken on a chilly afternoon in December 1971, with Ryoko, Tomoko, Smith and his wife Aileen all cramped into the small bathing room.
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