Daniel Gamburg

In his late twenties, Daniel Gamburg picked up his camera for a six-year journey documenting his grandparents. They were Holocaust survivors who had painstakingly rebuilt a life together, only to face a final battle with Alzheimer’s. Through the lens of a grandson, what started as a simple portrait of love deepened into a quiet testament of conscience and commitment. It is a story of heavy losses, but also of deep resilience, capturing the sparks of humor and laughter through tears that sustained them. After their deaths, Daniel shelved the negatives, unable to look at them. More than two decades passed before the birth of his son compelled him to reopen the archive—finally discovering the words to go with the images he’d been carrying all his life.