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 Graceful Beauty on 12-20-87

    This is my birthday. Amazing story.

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  • From Nate on 08-04-79

    My tenth birthday. All my friends punched me in the arm ten times each plus one for good luck!

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  • From Susie Dutson on 10-01-94

    My twin and I were born this day (:

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  • From Bristol on 11-30-90

    11-30 is my birthday. My friend just brought me an accordion this week. She wants me to learn it and teach it to her, since I play piano. She’s a fiend for French accordion music.

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  • From Belle Tan on 09-13-97

    This was the first day of my life, I now turned 20, 2 days ago.

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  • From Laura F on 06-21-84

    I look for my birthday and it’s a picture of Lucy the elephant, who I’ve driven by a dozen times. ❤

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  • From Molly on 01-12-91

    Thank you for sharing his work. This photo was taken on the day I was born 😄

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  • From Peg Haws on 07-11-79

    My birthday right after graduating high school. I never smoked a pipe tho!!

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  • From Donatella Fino on 09-24-83

    I was born this day!!

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  • From Carolina on 10-11-89

    This is the day I was born.

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  • From Bruce Peter on 08-16-88

    My first born son arrived on this day! How fitting.

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  • From Jessica on 03-31-89

    I was born this day!

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  • From Nate on 08-04-90

    This was my 21st birthday. Fitting to see a picture of lots of people.

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  • From Malin Rosdahl on 12-21-92

    Saw this on facebook and I had to find the day I was born, amazing 😌

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  • From Gavin Jones on 08-07-80

    It was to be my 11th birthday in 4 days, my dad had got 3 tickets to the Australian premier of “Empire Strikes Back” at Hoyt’s Cinema Sydney.
    Billy Dee Williams & Mark Hamill were there for the screening.

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  • From Lilliy Martinez on 07-15-84

    I was born on this day at 5:45pm in NY.
    Yellow is my favorite color too.
    This Picture makes me happy.

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  • From Annabelle B on 06-20-87

    The day the music died…30 years ago and I was 12 days past my 16th birthday when my Mum passed away. The life of my Dad, 4 brothers and myself took a whole new course that day from what might have been! But we have lived, we have laughed, we have had challenges and successes and we have loved and been loved. Mum missed it all but she would have been proud.

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    • From c on 06-20-87

      Hi Annabelle,

      I’m very sorry to know this had happened in your family.. and you know c’est la vie, we are all part of nature, just like all other sentient beings – we only have limited time as who we are in this life, but I believe something never ends, something beyond our understandings, and we can feel its existence, its revival, its eternity… Something we sometimes call it love, soul, air, light, and hope…
      And it’s so good to know that you’ve made through the good times and the bad times in all these years, with your dad and your brothers, with their companies I’m sure you’d feel stronger in each step of your life, and to have so many beautiful moments to share with them.

      It was just an idea that suddenly came to my mind tonight – I wondered if there are any websites archived old photos like the calendars, then I googled and found the artist’s name, Jamie Livingston. I was born on June 20, 1987, and I love music, I sometimes make music, too. Not suggesting anything uncomfortable here, only wish you’d feel happy having a reply here, and I wish you’ve found the missing music in your life again, through all the different good ways in your life. Even though you’d probably never come back to this web page to read this message.

      Warm hugs, Annabelle. I wish you all the best, especially during this global difficult epidemic period, I send me good wishes to you and your loved ones. Stay healthy and strong!
      -c.

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  • From Jenny on 04-06-85

    This image is mislabeled. It is 4-5-85

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  • From Jessi on 01-11-96

    This is my Birthday Pic ♥️

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  • From Annabelle B on 11-25-88

    Our High School graduation day (in Australia)….some of my friends and i would have been dreaming about what next year would bring…..work, exchange year, travel, university? Before focusing on the night of celebration ahead! Sweet days!

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  • From Lauren Martinez on 08-12-90

    The day I was born! <3

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  • From Tyler Hawkins on 06-28-90

    This is my birthday. I saw the video promoting this site and this is such a moving and amazing idea. I’m glad this has been kept up for the photographer Jamie. Thank you.

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  • From Dianna on 01-26-91

    The day this photo was taken, I was being born half a world away. Blows my mind – the day I came into this world (not without difficulty), a man in New York took this photo. I can only assume these are his friends; they look like they’re having a good day. And now, 26+ years later, I’ve found this photograph. Even though he’s not here anymore, our lives have still crossed, in the form of a little Polaroid window into what looks like a good day in his life – right at the very beginning of mine.

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  • From George on 07-28-97

    This was the day my daughter was born. One of the happiest days of my life. Where one life begins one is coming to and end. Seems sad not to think about it.

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  • From Rattapat A. on 05-24-89

    I was born this day in Thailand 🙂 (2wks delayed).
    I supposed to be born on 10 May, but my mum neither had any contraction nor signs of me getting out of her belly. She was over weeks pregnant, so the doctor had to make a decision to deliver me that day. I’m glad they did, if not I might not be here and found your site today <3

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  • From Erika on 12-07-92

    The day I became a mother ❤

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  • From Dean on 05-22-97

    I was born on this beautiful day

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  • From Kassy Brown on 04-15-95

    My exact day of birth… this photo set is amazing. Capturing his life in pictures is just beautiful

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  • From Aakash Navneet on 08-03-92

    Dammn this is the story of my life

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  • From Danielle Rose Johnson on 02-13-86

    The day i was born in the uk…and what’s very interesting about this photo for m, is my mother works for Ryder Truck Rental – amazing right …. i feel slightly awestruck

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  • From Krissy on 07-19-85

    Born this exact day in Methuen, MA 😊 Mom always says it was the hottest day she can remember.

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  • From Leila Gomes on 01-24-86

    I was born on this day…:)

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  • From Adam Pasqueal on 01-12-81

    Makes sense

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  • From Tara on 10-17-89

    My daughter was born this day…my mother always called her a natural disaster…due to her name being similar to the Nina, Pinta, and Maria, and the 7.1 magnitude earthquake happening at the exact same time as her arrival…and she weighed 7.1.

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  • From Maria on 07-03-92

    This was the day I was born in Montreal, Canada

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  • From raggapunk on 01-04-80

    My thirteenth birthday

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  • From Shailaabh Disawƛl on 07-15-95

    I was Also born on this day…
    22 now….
    Now I can see How simple things/Pictures make connection so differently…we start seeing specialty In them…..
    To be honest I do not have words to express what I am feeling because Its something deep and I do not have deep vocabulary/writing skills………
    If I could Get a chance in future I would Definitely Like to see all pictures in real.
    If.

    /Shailaabh
    From INDIA

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  • From jbelle on 01-07-97

    This is the day I was born! 💜

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  • From Tam on 07-22-85

    This day was of the first birthday that I remember. I sat on an old haunted hose ride at an amusement park, and snuggling my face into my dad’s arm after a dummy of a king Cyclops scared me.

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  • From David Horsfield on 04-19-90

    My 18th birthday

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  • From Patrice on 10-20-89

    My birthday… this is the day I arrived in Hollywood,CA

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  • From Jessica Lewis on 07-20-83

    This photo was take on the day I was born

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  • From Shane on 10-19-87

    Black Monday for the stock market and my 19th birthday

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  • From Tam on 07-22-81

    This was the day my mother and I almost died in childbirth. Because I was born in the 20th century, we received the necessary medical treatment needed to survive. At 7:28pm, on July 22, 1081. I was born, via c-section, and luckily, my mother and I both lived.
    My life from that first day, has weaved a complex and magnificent tapestry that is anything but boring.
    It’s amazing how someone’s ripple can touch you. It’s beautiful to see a photo from that day.

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  • From Schellye D French on 01-25-82

    This is the day I was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. I had a bed like this one in pink when I was a girl.

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  • From Mariel Balangao on 09-28-96

    This photo is a bit scary but this was the day I was born. Still, it amazes me that someone had a reminder of that day. Thank you, Jamie. Thank you, Hugh.

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  • From Char Puru on 02-12-81

    This is my birthdate and year 🙂

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  • From Cassie on 06-26-84

    This is the day my brother was born. Mom always said she had to change diapers in back of the wagon during softball games

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  • From howardkeithclark on 05-13-79

    On this day, Mother’s Day, my daughter was born. This reminds me of me on that day.

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  • From David d'Entremont on 10-22-95

    This was the very day I was born

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