23/08/2026
We proudly present you with one of the winners of this year's edition 🔥❤️
Devashish Gaur
1996, India
“I never met my grandfather. Growing up, I was told I shared his habits, interests, and way of moving through the world. He was a freedom fighter, teacher, poet, and photographer. Everything I knew of him came through my father, through memories that were already a translation, already a loss.
My curiosity about my grandfather led me to photograph my father and our ordinary shared life: objects on his shelves, domestic rituals, and the body that carried half of what I am. Through him, I searched for traces of someone I could never know directly. After my father’s sudden death in 2024, these photographs changed meaning. What began as an act of connection became a record of absence. The images now speak of the distance that remains between generations, even within intimacy itself.”
