Such a simple yet poignant photo series.
A photographer’s parents wave farewell – The New Yorker
At the end of their daughter’s visits, like countless other mothers and fathers in the suburbs, Dikeman’s parents would stand outside the house to send her off while she got in her car and drove away. One day in 1991, she thought to photograph them in this pose, moved by a mounting awareness that the peaceful years would not last forever. […] For more than twenty years, during every departure thereafter, Dikeman photographed her parents at the same moment, rolling down her car window and aiming her lens toward their home. Dikeman’s mother was known to scold her daughter for her incessant photography. “Oh, Deanna, put that thing away,” she’d say. Both parents followed her outdoors anyway.
It ends as you would expect, sadly.
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Oh gosh that gets me right in the heart. It makes me think I should be doing this as well with my parents and my two remaining grandmothers.
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That’s exactly what I was thinking – I take lots of photos of the kids, but do I pay enough attention to our older generatio ? Quite sobering, really.
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I don’t have any kids, but I know what you mean yeah
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And now I’ve got this coronavirus thing to worry about too—both me and my wife have elderly parents “with existing medical conditions”…
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Touching post — & yes, I worry about my mom too…
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Yeah I know…me too. I have an elderly grandmother who is around 90 and a 60 year old dad who thinks he’s invincible and immortal lol…so that’s also a bit of a drama lol
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Fantastic. Poignant and thought provoking.
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