Series · 24 prints
Ashio Copper Mine
The Ashio Copper Mine in Tochigi was the source of Japan's first major industrial pollution disaster. By 1896, contaminated water from the smelters had spread arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury across about 40,000 hectares of farmland in five prefectures and part of Tokyo. Diet member Shōzō Tanaka spent the 1890s arguing for the mine's closure. Mining continued until 1973. The smelter sheds and processing equipment are mostly intact and increasingly absorbed by the forest around them.
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Prints in this series
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm. Metallic Gloss 260 gsm for glass-mounted prints.
Sizes
Five sizes, XS to XL, from $100. Open editions in XS and S, limited editions in M, L and XL.
Print tiers →Production
Made to order in 3 to 5 business days.