In 2009, there’s a photo where her father no longer appears—he had passed away shortly after his 91st birthday. Her mother continued to wave goodbye alone. In 2017, her mother moved into assisted living, and for a few months, Deanna photographed their goodbyes from her mother’s apartment door.

In October 2017, her mother passed away. After her funeral, Deanna took one last photo of the empty driveway. For the first time, there was no one left to wave goodbye.

You can see all these photos of Deanna Dikeman’s project on her online exihibitions, you can search “Leaving and Waving by Deanna Dikeman” on Google to get the result.