KayLynn Deveney / The book

When Albert Hastings was 85 years old,
photographer KayLynn Deveney moved
near his small flat in Wales. KayLynn
took notice of the small rituals and
routines - gardening, laundry, grocery
shopping - that made up Bert's life. A
friendship slowly developed as KayLynn
began photographing parts of Bert's day.
The two began a simple yet effective
method of storytelling - with KayLynn's
images and Bert's handwritten text - that
evolved into The Day-to-Day Life of
Albert Hastings
, a poignant and
profound  chronicle of aging, living
alone, and the small joys that make up
our daily lives. Containing 78 annotated
photographs along with poems written
by Bert, his clock drawings, and personal
family photographs, The Day-to-Day Life
of Albert Hastings
gives the reader a
glimpse into one man's life; we can
only imagine what stories are left untold.

The first edition of The Day-to-Day Life
of Albert Hastings
, published by Princeton Architectural Press, has now sold out.
Used copies and a few new copies are
available at 
Amazon's marketplace.
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