The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings

By Albert Hastings and KayLynn Deveney

When Albert Hastings was eighty-five years old, photographer KayLynn Deveney moved near his small flat in Wales. KayLynn took notice of the small rituals and routinesgardening, laundry, grocery shoppingthat made up Bert's life. A friendship slowly developed as KayLynn began photographing parts of Bert's day. The two developed a simple yet effective method of storytellingwith KayLynn's images and Albert's handwritten textand the project evolved into "The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings" a poignant and profound chronicle of aging, living alone, and the small things that make up our daily lives. Containing seventy-eight 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568987048
• ISBN13: 9781568987040
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary