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Everyday surroundings, fleeting domestic details, and quiet observations form the core of this debut monograph by Japanese photographer Ayumi Yamazaki, credited under the moniker A-chang and later known as A-chan. Produced following her early editorial commissions and an apprenticeship with photographer Masafumi Sanai, the volume compiles monochrome and color imagery that reflects her personal practice in Japan prior to her move to New York. Rather than staging scenes or pursuing dramatic subjects, Yamazaki focuses on ordinary environments, recording subtle visual textures, domestic spaces, and chance encounters drawn from daily life. She later presented this first photobook to Robert Frank, initiating a ten-year collaboration as Frank's darkroom printer, co-editor, and book designer. Issued in a small run that received limited initial distribution, the publication marks the earliest chapter in the artist's photobook output.