1953 Article Editorial note

From a Torn Diary

Original title: 破った日記帳より

Also known as From a Torn Journal

Language English

Linked English translation of the Japanese original.

A first-person diary-style text credited to Kawabata Tanako in the July 1953 issue of Kitan Club. The linked English installment describes an outdoor photographic excursion interrupted by rain.

The text shifts attention from the finished bondage photograph to the model's narrated experience of a shoot, including setting, weather and exchanges with the photographer.

Opening spread of From a Torn Diary, July 1953
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