Stories about those days.

The stories that people have about Jamie’s photos are a source of amazement.  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 Pavan B on 10-11-96

    You die twice, the day you stop breathing and the day someone says your name for the last time. Jamie is still alive.

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  • From Wilson Andrade on 04-21-80

    My birthday…. Beautiful picture
    😍

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  • From Lisa J on 01-03-88

    The day I was born. RIP Jamie.

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  • From Amr Ahmed sayed on 09-15-85

    This is my birthday. Am from Egypt and I live in dubai. I love this website

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  • From Gintare on 03-09-89

    I also born on this day ❤️ In Lithuania 🇱🇹

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  • From Liz on 11-26-89

    The day I was born ^_^

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  • From T Harrell on 05-22-79

    My 1st Birthday 🙂

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  • From Júlia on 10-07-92

    10 years before i was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ^^

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  • From Julie Roy on 03-08-95

    My fiance die that day…at 18. I was devastated and I tried my best to keep going all these years. I saw the video on FB and it really hit a sensible string…thx to you to share this amazing work.

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  • From Julie Roy on 10-03-97

    On that very day I was celebrating my 20th birthday which was a big deal for me!

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  • From Julie Roy on 10-03-87

    Hey stranger! I was celebrating my 10 years old that very day and I was in 3th grade.

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  • From Chelsee Dennis on 08-13-90

    This is the day I was born and although my mom doesn’t know the exact time, she thinks it was around 1:30… or was it 1:18 mom? I guess I need to find out the exact time!?

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  • From Angela on 07-04-92

    This was the day I eloped 30 years ago. Love that this is the pic from that day… Still married to the best guy…who would probably wear that same outfit if given the chance. 🙂

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  • From quandale dingle on 07-12-81

    hi

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  • From Fix on 09-06-97

    Twenty-five years ago on my 19th birthday. Great shot!

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  • From Juan on 06-08-95

    the day i was born. feeling like i’ve been inside this photo for a while. amazing work!

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  • From Arin on 11-07-95

    My husband’s birthday 😊

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  • From Arin on 10-18-95

    I was born on this day three ♥️

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  • From Sarah on 09-08-79

    Birth date 🙂

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  • From Martin on 06-20-97

    19/06/2022 – 38,3 ºC in Poland 🙂

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  • From Louise Crawford on 02-14-91

    Here I am pregnant, in a bed at Lenox Hill Hospital with pre-term labor. I had to stay there for a month so that my son, Henry, wouldn’t be born 4 months early.

    His due date was June 12th.

    I remember spending Valentine’s Day at the hospital. Hugh, who managed to stay strong throughout this ordeal, made me a beautiful valentine’s card that made me cry. And I guess he gave me a box of chocolates. Or someone did.

    That was one of the most stressful times of my life. I thought Henry might not survive. I was under doctor’s orders to be calm and told not to laugh or cry. I wasn’t allowed to get out of bed, to stand. It was pretty awful. But staying calm was hardest of all.

    CALM? How can you be calm in a situation like that?

    I had so much love and support from Hugh, my family and friends. My parents, who divorced years before and were rarely in the same room together, were there day after day, side by side (able for the first time to overlook their own differences in the face of this emergency).

    My sister, my cousins, my aunts, my friends, including one who figured out how to wash my hair while lying in bed, all rallied round. They brought food, books, magazines. Jamie gave me cassette tapes of his favorite ethnic music, another friend brought Creme Brulee from a French Bistro, still another gave me an adorable stuffed dog that sat on top of the hospital TV like a mascot.

    My twin sister gave blood for me (just in case). At first she was told that she was too thin to give blood. While she was disappointed about not being able to give blood, she was THRILLED to be too thin. As I recall, they told her to go out and have a big meal and then come back.

    She did end up giving blood for me and I was grateful.

    The room was often full of people. It was actually kind of festive and fun. I got so many flowers from a Upper West Side flower shop called Surroundings, it was a lush garden on my windowsill, which had a diagonal view of Park Avenue.

    I remember wanting to connect with the baby(I had just learned that he was a he) but I was afraid because I thought he might die.

    A wise person told me: attach to the baby inside of you. If something does happen, you will deal with the loss then.

    And so I did. I soared at the art of positive even magical thinking. And you know what? It worked!

    Henry was born on his due date. The nurse screamed out “He’s cute.” Indeed, he was the most adorable– and beloved — baby in the world.

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 02-07-97

    The day my step-dad died unexpectedly. I remember every detail so vividly but also can’t remember a thing. I tried to bargain with G*d. It didn’t work.

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 03-24-92

    My 21st birthday…

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 03-24-89

    I turned eighteen on this day. I don’t remember a thing about the day or where I was. Presumably in Cape Town.

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  • From Jorge Perez on 09-20-79

    Uff, a Kodak Instant Camera!!

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  • From hugh crawford on 01-15-90

    Frank Spangenberg is distantly related to your 10th grade high school geometry teacher?

    Sounds like a convoluted story!

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  • From Jamie on 01-15-90

    Found out in July 2020, that the guy in the photo is distantly related to my 10th grade high school geometry teacher.

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  • From 莫少云 on 05-01-90

    PYH出生在这一天

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  • From Roberto Garcia on 03-03-82

    The day I was born!

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  • From Robert on 03-04-82

    The day I came into this world!

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  • From KMKJ on 11-22-95

    I was born this morning.

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  • From Chris on 06-18-87

    My beautiful wife was born on this day

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  • From Chris on 09-14-84

    I was born on this day

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  • From Rachelle Anne on 07-08-82

    The day the my girlfriend was born, I love you Kath G.

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  • From Rachelle Anne on 01-19-86

    The day I was born

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  • From arthur doinel on 03-15-95

    My parents got married this day!

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  • From Fadi on 07-06-87

    I was born this day in the middle of a war

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  • From SONIA IVES on 12-29-88

    This is me, Jamie, and Twin Art in the TA offices on Varick Street..back when SoHo was mostly artists and super sketchy after dark (very “After Hours”). He was a regular fixture there and a do-it-all filmmaker. He and Ken were the “bolex boys”, super creative lending skills to a lot of directors at the time. I think of this photo a lot, and come back here to look at it every once and a while. Sigh… I always wish I could have been “a creative” in NYC in the 70s. but the 80s, with the beginning of “video art” and computers was very special.

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  • From Chelsea Williams on 11-01-83

    My birthday 🥺

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  • From Chahit on 12-19-96

    This was the day I took birth too. Sometimes life do feel like you are stuck in a lift (Any closed space) with no one but yourself and there’s no escape. But i know it gets okay. 🙂

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  • From Tabitha King on 05-28-96

    This is the day I was born. Hugh Crawford’s work reminds me of how precious life is. Death is terrifying, but inevitable. I hope I am able to show the people I love how much they mean to me while we share our lives together.

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  • From Jas Sanchez on 05-08-91

    This is my birthday. I’m also a photographer/videographer. Also an introvert who loves their alone time. I came across this because I also shoot film (35mm and 120, Polaroid as well). A very lovely story of a lovely man. And this is honestly inspiring me to document the everyday life more. The little things that turn into cherrished memories. Much love from Washington, DC. All the best, Jas (@jsnchzphoto, @jsanchphoto_analog).

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  • From Caff on 01-17-85

    I was born on this day in North Wales, UK

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  • From Dalila Sanc on 04-25-96

    También es de mi nacimiento.
    Este hombre amable ha dado un tesoro.
    Consideraré esta fotografía como un obsequio 😀 a honra de la luz y la vida.

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  • From 鹿曦 on 04-23-97

    该天的照片

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  • From Emma, UK on 07-31-90

    My Date of Birth! Born at 3:30am. Sorry Mom haha x

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  • From Kelvin on 09-07-89

    Wow! My birth date. Amazing I share it with many people that appreciate this site. Hello birthday twins!

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  • From Leonel on 11-25-86

    This is the day I was born! How crazy.

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  • From Hollands_Formula on 12-02-92

    This is the day I did LSD for the first time.

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  • From Bill on 12-30-79

    The day I was born too.

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