The narrative centers on the final years of W. Eugene Smith, a legendary Life magazine photographer who has become disillusioned and reclusive. His world changes when he is approached with a mission to document the devastating effects of Minamata disease—a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Driven by a renewed sense of purpose, Smith travels to Japan to capture the human faces behind the environmental disaster.
After striking it rich, Minho descends into a life of "prodigal" excess, quickly burning through his money while struggling with a mounting "remorse of conscience". Haunted by the accident, he eventually attempts to return to his craft, only to be drawn into a new web of deceit orchestrated by , the curator who originally sold the fatal photograph and has now discovered the dark truth behind it. Why It's Trending on LK21 The Photographer 2017 Lk21