A remarkable, difficult book. With starkly beautiful photographs and almost painfully frank narrative, Gramp tells the story of a respected, popular man as he declines into senility and finally dies. His loving family cares for him to the last day, shunning all manner of “help” aimed at masking or prolonging Gramp’s condition. It is a rare and honest story which shows us pictures of an old man naked in a bare room and, later, the same man newly dead; such images are imbued with a palpable affection. A unique and enlightening book.
