Let Truth Be the Prejudice stands as a monumental, historically towering retrospective milestone that encapsulates the legacy of W. Eugene Smith, universally regarded as the absolute architect of the modern photographic essay. Written with profound literary intensity by Ben Maddow, the 240-page volume details Smith’s brilliant, tortured journey—from his meteoric rise placing snapshots in major print media to his front-line deployments inside the Pacific War theatre. Refusing to succumb to simple, sanitized wartime documentation, his heavy views track severe trauma across Saipan and Iwo Jima. Illustrated masterfully with 250 deep duotone plates, the sequence covers his legendary Life magazine masterpieces—including Country Doctor, Spanish Village, and Nurse Midwife—culminating in his final, shattering exposé of mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, creating an unmatched visual monument to human empathy and fierce moral responsibility.