How should we look at images of horror and suffering? | Aeon Essays W Eugene Smith’s photos of the Minamata disaster are both exquisite and horrifying. How might we now look at them?

My father was a photographer. He taught me how to look at the world and its images. I am grateful to Aeon and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social for commissioning & sticking with this essay. 🙏

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