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Ian Breakwell: The Diary is a synthesis of taken with a variety of cameras,
Breakwell's preoccupation with the including many taken with the pocket
some notes on various combinations of word and miniature camera which Breakwell
image. has all the time carried with him.
The Diary The actual Diary is a leather-bound, The content of The Diary: although
two-page-a-day, desk diary, The Diary contains recurring
Ian Breakwell worked for the 365 being 412 pages long, each page documentary elements, the topical
days of 1973 on The Diary. measuring 111 x 8 in., and consisting content is minimal. Neither is
Breakwell has, over the last ten years, of handwritten manuscript in six ink The Diary a first person narrative : the
made a series of preliminary visual and colours, juxtaposed and combined elements of self-analysis are
verbal works related to the diary with photo-montage, collage, and secondary to the outward-looking
format, preparatory to making the hundreds of black and white, aspects : observed events, scenarios,
current work. coloured and toned photographs visual incidents, conversations, etc.