Nem biztos, hogy ha a legjobb fotóművészek eszembe jutnak, Eugene Smith beugrana. Pedig ha a képei eszembe jutnak, úgy gondolom, a legjobbak egyike. A legikonikusabb képe ez. Mindenképpen. 

Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath is a renowned photograph taken by famed 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 bathing chamber. 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 At the wishes of Tomoko Uemura's family, the photograph was withdrawn from further publication in 1997, 20 years after Tomoko's death.