
Leaving and Waving
- Publisher
- Chose Commune
- Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 979-10-96383-21-4
- Specifications
- Section-sewn hardcover
112 pages
66 photographs (27 colour plates, 39 duotone plates)
19 x 23,5 cm
English / French
Concept and Editorial direction: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi
Design: bureau Kayser
Winner Prix Nadar 2021Shortlisted Aperture / Paris Photo Book Awards (First Photobook)
This book presents 27 years of Deanna Dikeman photographing her parents waving goodbye as she left their home after a visit. Just as she was driving away, Dikeman invariably pointed her camera at her parents. What started with a candid snapshot in 1991 turned into a ritual over the years. The book chronicles their farewells as seasons change and years go by, separating black and white photographs from colour photographs. Leaving and Waving — which was originally part of a larger body of work entitled Relative Moments — is a heartfelt exploration of family, the passage of time and the sadness of leaving.