Deanna Dikeman (born April 3, 1954) is an American photographer.
Early life and education Dikeman was born in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She received a BS in Biology (1976) and an MS in management (1979) from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Work Dikeman's book Leaving and Waving (2021) consists of photographs of her parents waving goodbye as she drives from their home after a visit. It was made over a 27 year period beginning in 1991.
Publications 27 Good-byes. Self-published, 2009. Leaving and Waving. Marseille: Chose Commune, 2021. Relative Moments. Marseille: Chose Commune, 2024.
Awards 2008: United States Artists Fellowship grant from United States Artists. A $50,000 award. 2021: Prix Nadar from the Association Gens d'Images, France for Leaving and Waving 2023: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Exhibitions Leaving and Waving, Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City, Iowa, August–October 2023
Collections Dikeman's work is held in the following permanent collections: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
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