Through many decades of art, music and fashion, Patti Smith has unquestionably reached icon status and is still as popular as ever – thanks somewhat to her Instagram page where she began sharing everyday images of her kids, her half-finished coffee and her Abyssinian cat Cairo. The author of books including Just Kids was inspired by this social media format – and now her latest title, A Book Of Days, portrays an image for every day of the year, with small reference captions that are both equally moving and humorous.

Celebrating life, love, death and style, the book even goes beyond Smith’s own archives to reveal a beautiful and diverse collection of old Polaroids, phone snapshots, portraits of notable figures and friends’ gravesites spanning decades. With the added captions, you yearn to know more about the image, the people in them or why certain objects mean so much to her – although the ambiguity only adds to the charm of it.

A Book Of Days is a deep exploration into a fascinating mind, with a familiar yet original way of sharing images and text that highlights the beauty of Patti Smith’s life and proves this artist still has much more to give.