To provide an image recording method and apparatus that can record and display an image of free pattern without forming the complex wirings in an electrochromic material, and to reduce the manufacturing costs of the image recording apparatus employing the EC material. For this purpose, a bending part bent corresponding to an outer circumference of the balancer may be formed at the washing tub. For example, such image characterization data may identify \u201cwho\u201d is in the photograph, \u201cwhat\u201d the photograph depicts, \u201cwhere\u201d the photograph was taken, and \u201cwhen\u201d it was taken.