[20 Soldiers a Day]

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Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition winner "20 Soldiers a Day" created by Jung Eun Lee (or Jungeun Lee). The artist's book is a Japanese-sewn volume consisting of double-leaves sewn together. The recto of each leaf has a changing pattern of stains and marks, and the verso of each leaf has text from the inner surface becoming more and more visible as the reader moves through the volume. The next-to-last leaf has complete text, the testimony of a young Korean girl who was forced into sexual slavery at a comfort station for Japanese military personnel in Taiwan during World … continued below

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4 photographs : col. ; 5029 x 3283 px. 5184 x 3456 px. 3857 x 2760 px.

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Lee, Jung Eun 2009/2010.

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Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition winner "20 Soldiers a Day" created by Jung Eun Lee (or Jungeun Lee). The artist's book is a Japanese-sewn volume consisting of double-leaves sewn together. The recto of each leaf has a changing pattern of stains and marks, and the verso of each leaf has text from the inner surface becoming more and more visible as the reader moves through the volume. The next-to-last leaf has complete text, the testimony of a young Korean girl who was forced into sexual slavery at a comfort station for Japanese military personnel in Taiwan during World War II. The volume is tied closed with triple-strand white string and is wrapped in a stained square of white cloth that is tied with twine. The first image of is the cloth bundle up and tied together by the twine. Image 2, opened up cloth book. The left side has few stains, and the right side some black marks with string sticking out at the top. Image 3, closeup of a cloth page with black marks across the middle of it. Image 4, A closed bound book laying atop a white cloth, a stain on its spine.

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4 photographs : col. ; 5029 x 3283 px. 5184 x 3456 px. 3857 x 2760 px.

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This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' exhibit of its Biennial Artists' Book Competition.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • June 17, 2020, 1:52 p.m.

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Lee, Jung Eun. [20 Soldiers a Day], photograph, 2009/2010; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703835/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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