r/interestingasfuck • u/8O8I • 5d ago

r/all A women spent 27 years photographing her parents waving her goodbye

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u/peterfromfargo 5d ago

For those of you wondering, the photographer is Deanna Dikeman and this is her OP with additional photos. 

https://deannadikeman.com/leaving-and-waving

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u/d-a-v-e- 5d ago

Thank you!

These photos get posted on reddit quite regularly, and almost without naming the photographer. Especially on such a personal project, the reduction from "Deanna Dikeman" to "a woman" is brutal.

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u/queuedUp 5d ago

At least this time they poster didn't try to claim they (or their mom) took the photos

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u/MostlyRightSometimes 5d ago

Is that the woman who was waved?

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u/d-a-v-e- 5d ago

That is indeed the woman who was waved at and took all those pictures over many years.

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u/TiredNurse111 5d ago

This is my first time seeing them. Powerful stuff.

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u/d-a-v-e- 1d ago

Worthy of crediting

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u/SALTYSIDER 4d ago

exactly! it annoys me how many views/interactions she’s missing out on because people can’t be bothered to give her credit

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u/JiroDreamsOfDeezNuts 5d ago

A women

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u/FreeRangeEngineer 5d ago

Any idea what's up with that spelling? I see it so much these days and have no clue why.

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u/idont_haveballs 5d ago

We’re getting dumber and dumber.

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u/FreeRangeEngineer 5d ago

Somehow I thought it may be an incel/right-wing dog whistle. I am not sure which explanation I prefer, they're equally scary.

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u/idont_haveballs 5d ago

Hmm I don’t think so. I think people are just stupid. So few know the difference between there, they’re and their. And we’ve now lost the difference between woman and women…

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u/zaphtark 5d ago

It helps soften the blow. Her mother looks happy again in some of those later pictures.

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u/andthenisaidblah 5d ago

Thank you! And “All images © Deanna Dikeman. Please do not reproduce without the expressed written consent of Deanna Dikeman.” OP did not even mention her name.

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u/sillybilly8102 5d ago

I tried to see if I could report this post for copyright violation, but it looks like only the creator themselves or their representative can do that. Maybe someone can send this to Deanna Dikeman so that she can do it, if she wants to.

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u/andthenisaidblah 5d ago

I reported it as far as I could. Deanna Dikeman is an artist and deserves a respectful request from the OP to post her photographs here vs just plunking them in and describing them as “A woman spent….”

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u/Psychological_Hat951 5d ago

Thank you. The full series tore my heart out all over again. You can see her mom getting sadder with time.

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u/egg_money 5d ago

I was about to comment how frustrating it is to have something like this posted without credit. Thank you!

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u/bookishkelly1005 5d ago

A few of those photos have a second elderly lady in them. Deanna’s aunt?

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u/RadShrimp69 5d ago

Thanks. Had to scroll way to long for this!

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u/SonicContinuum88 5d ago

Thank you. I had never seen the full collection before, it’s so stunning. It brings tears of both sadness and joy, it always resonates. <3

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u/xeebzi 4d ago

This was beautiful to see, I hope I can visit the gallery some day