Heirloom photographer elevates common keepsakes

Ticket stubs, a set of keys, a pair of jeans, a faded airline boarding pass, a marriage proposal scrawled on the back of a receipt, worn-out work boots and muddy tennis balls: These ordinary but dear items are among the keepsakes photographer Shana Novak has dignified through photography and captured on the pages of her addicting book “The Heirloomist: 100 Treasures and the Stories They Tell” (Chronicle Books, April 2024).

Warning: This book could make you never throw anything sentimental away again.