Join us for a book signing with Dallas photographer, Norm Diamond, on his book, What Is Left Behind: Stories from Estate Sales. He will also be selling a handful of 8x10 prints from the book!
Drawn from estate sales across Dallas, What Is Left Behind is a collection of photographs and stories that reflect on memory, loss, humor, history, and the traces people leave behind in everyday objects and spaces. We at Bird’s are estate sale junkies, so we’re especially excited to chat with a fellow enthusiast.
This event is free to attend.
About the Book
What Is Left Behind features photographs of items at estate sales that explore themes of memory, mortality, and cultural history.
Norm Diamond has visited countless estate sales, photographing objects that evoke sadness, humor, and ironic commentary on our cultural history. The articles defy conventional expectations: a science project from 1939; a century-old letter from a rejected lover; a complete collection of Playboy magazines. Poignant photographs of these possessions reveal clues about otherwise unknowable people. These items take on lives of their own, both in these photographs and in the idea that they will now move on to new owners.
About the Author
Norm Diamond retired in 2013 from a long career as an Interventional Radiologist and immediately began preparing for life as a fine art photographer. He studied with well-known teachers in many workshops and showed his work in portfolio reviews. As he delved into his photography, he realized that that he was drawn to themes of memory and loss. In 2017, his first photo book, What Is Left Behind — Stories From Estate Sales, was published by Daylight books. Shortly after he photographed what turned out to be the last six months of an old gym in downtown Dallas. Kehrer Verlag published Doug’s Gym in 2020.
Norm’s photography has been exhibited in many galleries and museums including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Center for Photographic Art, the Houston Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Center for Fine Art Photography, the Colorado Photographic Art Center, the Masur Museum of Art, and others. The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas acquired his images from the 50th Anniversary Commemorative of President Kennedy’s assassination. The New Yorker recently published two articles on estate sales using Norm’s photographs. Some of the other publications that have written about his work include Texas Monthly, the Dallas Morning News, The Guardian, New Republic, Lenscratch, L’Oeil de la Photographie, and FStop Magazine.
Tickets
Free RSVP This event is free to attend. RSVPs are encouraged so we can better estimate attendance. Copies of What Is Left Behind will be available for purchase in store.
Buy the Book: $45
Prefer to reserve a copy in advance? Choose the “Buy the Book” ticket option and we'll have it on hold.
