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.

— Winner Prix Nadar 2021
— Shortlisted Aperture & Paris Photo Book Awards (First Photobook) 2021

Deanna Dikeman (born in 1954 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA) currently resides in Kansas City. She has photographed her midwestern family and surroundings since 1985, when she left a corporate job to try a photography class. She has M.S. and B.S. degrees from Purdue University. She received an Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship in 1996, and the United States Artists Booth Fellowship in 2008. She is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow.