Stories about those days.

The stories that people have about Jamie’s photos are a source of amazement. Β Some are of the “that’s me and we were doing this” type of stories from Jamie’s friends. Some are the “I never met Jamie but this was taken on my birthday and it means a lot to me. And some are just stunningly moving one of a kind stories.

  • From Sheyenne on 10-25-97

    Wow…. This was absolutely beautiful in every way. I want to share Jamie’s work with the world. It was a pleasure seeing the world through your eyes Jamie. RIP brother. ❀

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  • From Wes on 06-29-79

    Messed up! This was the day I was born! πŸ˜ƒ

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  • From Wes on 06-30-79

    The day I was born!

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  • From Danny K. on 10-05-80

    Turned 22. 2 months before honorable discharge from Navy. Stayed in New London for couple of days after discharge. Was flying home to Georgia and stopped over in New York on the way. John Lennon shot that night.
    BTW, Happy Birthday Dany DKS

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  • From Danny K. on 10-05-79

    I turned 21 on this day. I was in New London, Conn. Went to a club called The Bach Dor. Saw a band named “Canyon”. Still have the recording of the sets that night. Was with my friend Ron Arnold from Louisiana. We were shipmates. USS Fulton (AS-11) stationed at the Conn. State Pier. Thanks for the picture. DKS

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  • From JoAnn on 01-21-94

    This is the day my Papaw, my best friend in the world, passed away. I miss him so much. Can’t believe it’s been almost 23 years.

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  • From JoAnn Barber on 06-26-87

    This is the day that I was born!

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    • From youareprecious2017 on 06-26-87

      Me 2

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    • From Steve Porter on 06-26-87

      @JoAnn Barber.. Found this site today, decided to look at todays date 30 years ago. You’ve posted that this is that day you were born, so happy 30th. The strange thing is, you posted that comment on my birthday [5th January]. Its weird things like this that freak me out lol. Have a great 30th Birthday!!!

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  • From Tanisha Swift on 10-21-81

    This is the day I was born. I love this view

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  • From Tonya Poppell on 10-17-87

    There is a gap here. I wonder what happened.

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  • From Tonya Poppell on 05-04-87

    Crowd surfing on my birthday. Awesome way to celebrate me. Lol

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  • From Tonya Poppell on 05-05-87

    This is my birthday. My mom may have been in labor while you were taking this picture! So interesting!

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    • From Joyce Noronha on 05-05-87

      I borned at that dame date, in Brazil! Hehehe 😊

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    • From Tonya Poppell on 05-05-87

      That awkward moment you clicked the wrong day and didn’t realize it till after this posted. My b-day is the 4th. Lol

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  • From Catie on 12-24-81

    This is what some people were doing on the day I was born.

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  • From Kellie Altruda on 12-20-79

    This was the day I was born as well! πŸ™‚

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  • From Evan Cooper on 04-03-92

    I was born early in the morning on this day. Jamie’s story brought tears to my eyes and shudders to my breath, but it makes me smile to see these two children having such a great time at the same time that I was being swaddled, snipped and prepared for the world I was brought into. Thank you for sharing these photos with the world.

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  • From Steve Riddell on 08-20-88

    Where in NYC was this photo taken?

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  • From Garrett Lewis on 07-03-88

    This was the day I was born. Marion, Ohio. Thank you for sharing your art with the world.

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  • From Sergio Ramirez on 09-18-87

    This is my birthday… I’ll be 30 this year… in a ever changing world a photograph speaks so quietly but it’s words reverberate it’s feeling through you.

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  • From Jenny on 12-27-92

    The day I was born. I wasked supposed to be born. January 8th.

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  • From Tin Villagracia (@tinisarockstar) on 12-15-88

    I was born the day this picture was taken! πŸ™‚

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  • From Kayleigh Danielle Morgan on 06-29-86

    My birthdate πŸ’œ So very cool! What an amazing way to honor your friend

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  • From Gina on 06-16-97

    The day my son was born.

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  • From Flora on 09-07-89

    It is my birthdate as well – nice to find through some red suspenders picture a birthday buddy.

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  • From Dan on 10-11-84

    Fitting I’m Irish and this is my birthday

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  • From Santiago on 09-06-89

    I never knew the photographer, but I miss him, thank you very much for sharing this work with humanity.

    This photo was taken the day I was born.

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  • From Nizhum on 04-06-80

    18th birthday coming soon.

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  • From Dennis Blackburn on 04-06-82

    The day I was born! I’m 34 now, I really need to live life happier then I have. I’m a combat veteran from Alaska, and wish I had the energy to live life as energized as this amazing artist.

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  • From Elton on 10-16-85

    I was born on this day

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  • From Justin Casaubon on 09-20-83

    This is the day I was born. It’s always so interesting to take a peak into someone else’s life the day you are born and see the life that existed before you had any idea who you are. It makes me feel connected to everyone I don’t know in some way. Kind of cool. Thank you ✌🏼

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  • From Heather Witherby on 09-09-95

    To think he’s just sitting there hanging out on the exact date I was born. Pretty neat. As a fellow artist I really appreciate how he captured the daily existences throughout his series.

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  • From Lisa on 08-16-90

    In 20 years on this day, my youngest niece, Caroline, will be born.

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  • From Lisa on 06-19-85

    in 20 years, on this day, my oldest niece, Emma, will be born

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  • From Lisa on 06-30-79

    The day my grandfather, MSgt Walter F. Hunter Jr. died. He was 48. I was there. I was 6.

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  • From Lisa on 06-08-91

    The day I graduated from Southern HS in Harwood Maryland

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  • From Neha Kerketta on 09-12-92

    Beautiful picture clicked on my birthday πŸ™‚

    (I saw a post about Hugh Crawford’s Polaroid pictures on Facebook and came here to check them myself. And following the trend I also looked up the picture clicked on mt birthday. πŸ™‚
    Although I didn’t know Hugh Crawford but even then I feel connected to his beautifully mundane captures and I miss him.)

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  • From Lisa on 03-30-91

    March 30, 1991 – My 18th birthday.

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  • From Lily on 08-30-97

    It was actually the night of the 30th when we heard Princess Diana had died, it was just after my 29th birthday and I was out with friends partying. I remember seeing it on tv at a bar and we were all so stunned that she had passed and how she had died. A surreal moment for me…

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  • From Travis Johnston on 04-22-91

    This was 9 years exactly before I was born

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  • From Adriana on 12-06-94

    this day was my birthday, but to Jamie it was an opportunity to capture someone playing an instrument. this whole project just put everything into perspective the idea that something is always happening, someone is being born, or someone is playing an instrument surrounded by the things & people they love. this amazes me.

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  • From Ashli on 02-29-92

    This is the day my husband on I got married…coming up on our 25th wedding anniversary. This picture could be at our reception as we danced the night away. It could be from the headlights as we drove away to our honeymoon. It could be….it probably isn’t….but just maybe………

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  • From Sarah on 05-21-89

    This is my birthday :]

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  • From Bryan Pinero on 12-15-91

    I think this picture is very beautiful, it’s such a silent and honest purity to it.

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  • From Stephanie on 01-18-85

    I was born on this day in Irving, Texas.

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  • From Paul on 10-25-93

    Started working at RTD/MTA today at the age of 20. Been here ever since. Going on 24 years now. Thanks for this moment in time.

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  • From Janelle on 05-01-82

    Wow! So amazing!! I just stumbled upon this story in my feed. Beautiful photos with just a polaroid! John, you took this the day I was born. Not that it was taken for me, but all the same, I love it!

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  • From Terri on 09-13-84

    Love it! It’s my 13th birthday on this day!

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  • From Victor on 01-05-87

    I was born this day.

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  • From Laurie Ballard on 04-08-93

    This was the day I was born and it’s amazing to know and see that some one back then on that day was experiencing something nice such as sitting on a bench in skates enjoying noodles on a nice day.

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  • From Kristina on 11-22-89

    I was born on this day at 11:42 am

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  • From Yvi on 12-22-85

    I was born that day in Erlangen, Germany. During my childhood I always had the dream to move to the U.S.
    The dream came true and I live here with the love of my life and our baby boy, Lincoln. Dreaming of living in Germany…

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  • From Annie on 03-01-82

    This photo is incredible, this was the day i was born.

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