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In Affinities, Brian Dillon links Annie Dillard’s description of a solar eclipse with photos from this country from the books Illuminance and Cui Cui. A squatting woman eats a broken-open watermelon on the cover of a Taschen photobook of an artist from this country who photographed Lady Gaga and Björk and captured his wife in Sentimental Journey. U2 collaborated with an artist from this country (-5[1])known for the long-exposure Seascapes and Theatres series. (10[1])A print from this country inspired Jeff Wall’s photograph (10[2])A Sudden Gust (10[2])of Wind. (10[6])An artist from this country created (10[1])“Tunafish sandwich piece,” an “event score” from her book (10[1])Grapefruit. (10[1]-5[1])That artist from this country wears a black shirt and jeans and lies on a carpet with her (10[1])nude husband (10[2])curled (10[1])around her (10[3])in a photo by Annie (10[1])Leibovitz. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Yoko Ono. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon; or Nihon] (The unnamed photographers are Rinko Kawauchi, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Hiroshi Sugimoto.)
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