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 Kotryna on 07-29-90

    That’s my birthday too!! ❤️ Lovely pic !

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  • From Genji on 09-25-86

    This my birthday, early stage of editing before photoshop, whoever share same birthday with me find me at instagram genji86 maybe we can be friend,

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  • From Zara Abu Tahir on 03-07-97

    That’s my birthday too!

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  • From ت on 04-22-94

    Me too

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  • From Vane R Ramos on 02-17-96

    this day was born the love of my life. this is just amazing for me because someday, I know, he’ll be making history just like this polaroid. I love him and this was a great day for humanity.

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  • From Alexander on 06-16-93

    I was also born on that particular day :)!

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  • From thedreamerkid on 04-28-91

    My birthday 😊

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  • From tarjakro on 04-10-91

    This is my little brother’s bday. Very interesting, he is also playing a quitar 🙂

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  • From tarjakro on 11-02-88

    On this Wednesday afternoon, I was born in Kajaani Finland. I’m the first born to my parents, who will divorce six years later.

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  • From Emily on 07-16-97

    The day I was born <3

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  • From Ben on 06-04-90

    My birthday rite here bruhhh =P

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  • From Lolen on 12-06-85

    I was born this day too.. in cebu philippines! Hello from the other side of the world!

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  • From Yara on 01-31-91

    That’s when I was born in Cairo, Egypt ..
    Is that a film set?

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  • From Jair Peltier on 06-11-97

    The very day I was born. Was surprised to see a tipi as I am a plains American Indian! Truly a blessed man!

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  • From Priyam Mishra on 04-25-96

    The day of my birth.. 🙂 ty jamie for dis..

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    • From Dalila Sanc on 04-25-96

      Y el mío,
      :3 ¡qué gusto!

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    • From Rene on 04-25-96

      Mine too!!! A Facebook video brought me here and this happened to be the photo that stood out to me too.

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  • From Erin on 09-20-80

    This was the day I was born. My father was working for Sports Illustrated at the time and he was photographing the America’s Cup in Newport, Rhode Island while my mom was 7 months pregnant with me in Connecticut. She went to Newport to visit my dad and they went out to dinner. They had barely been seated when I decided it was time to make my grand debut. My mother was rushed to the little hospital in Newport where they were not prepared for a premie. On the recommendation of a local, my parents requested a particular doctor who happened to be working as a judge for the America’s Cup. As it also happened, he was working for the America’s Cup that night due to a dispute and at first refused my parents’ request when he was contacted by a nurse. However, when he was informed that if he didn’t get to the hospital ASAP he’d read a story in the next Sports Illustrated that placed him in a very poor light, he decided his time was better spent deliverying me. My birth date, weight and length were posted along side the racing results the next day.

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  • From Erik Gomez Torres on 11-12-91

    The day I was born! Nice to see what other people were doing on that day!

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  • From Ashley on 08-03-93

    I was born here on this day at 3:38am. In Maryland

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  • From Lola on 09-04-82

    In the summer of 1979, when I was a few months short of 10, my parents split up. While it was a shock to me and my sister, and mom was now gloomy, two days a week we spent with dad, receiving probably more attention than we had before. I was very close with him and, though life was now much heavier at home, I enjoyed those days at his place. When I was 12 and a half, he remarried and became father to his wife’s young children. Everything changed.

    I don’t think my sister and I would trade in our brother and sister by marriage to get back to our happier days, but I did, in a sense, lose my dad. On paper, he was completely reliable and by the book, but there was some unwritten contract, an unconscious demand from his wife, that, in order to be a super dad to her children, he could not love his blood children more than his adopted ones. I believe the only way for him to do that was to allow himself to see all of the things he didn’t like about his ex, my mom, in me. From then on, he mostly expressed his love for me through worry and pessimism. Nothing was ever the same.

    On Sept.4, 1982, 6 months after my dad’s wedding, I turned 13. There is so much mythology to this age, and for a girl and her father, an archetypal split, as girl becomes woman, things naturally change. As I went into puberty, the circumstances in my family made this shift anything but subtle. It was easy for me to feel a veil of despise and mistrust in their home – just like a shadowed woman in the bible.

    So, yes, on my 13th birthday, it was so – nothing was ever the same, and so what better symbol for the unknown than a question mark? ?

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  • From samantha joy on 03-09-97

    mine too, march 9 2003. its amazing how much these photographs really speak to me

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  • From Hailey Wolff on 04-29-96

    This is when it started. I was born this day, and am the firstborn out of 9. 🙂 I love each one of my 8 crazy siblings. <3

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  • From Cat on 01-28-86

    My mom and her best friend went into labour this day. Her friend had her little boy in the morning and I was born in the afternoon. Our families felt the loss with the nation but the sweetness of new life that day.

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  • From Rick Baughman on 06-14-92

    I was 40 years old this day. I’m hungry for Chinese…

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  • From Rick Baughman on 06-14-82

    I was 30 years old this day.

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  • From Rebekah on 12-29-91

    This is the day my brother was born, now he is battleing cancer as well…

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  • From Rebekah on 12-06-93

    This is the day I was born. All things have an ending and a beginning.

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  • From Katie on 09-21-95

    My birthday. 🙂 As a video editor for over half of my lige now, this is so me!

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  • From Christina Cawthorne on 02-13-84

    I was born on this day in the afternoon. Such a clever idea. What a man!

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  • From Paola Ortiz on 07-30-81

    This is the day I was born. I heard it was a scorcher of a day.

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  • From ch on 08-24-88

    Unfortunately it doesn’t have the day I was born 8-25-88 … 🙁

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  • From Darlene Murdaugh on 02-24-92

    I turned 20 on this day.

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  • From Allie on 07-19-97

    Its crazy to think that exactly at the moment that this photo was taken I was just newborn and my life would start, I was minutes and hours old, and across the world, this picture was taken somewhere, and I would end up seeing it writing this, only 20 years later. Amazing universe.

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  • From Joe Hollier on 11-26-91

    I was born on this day as well. Looks like a shelf!

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  • From ruth coppard on 07-02-90

    This was my fortieth birthday and it was happy. Like him, I don’t hoard, I just have trouble throwing things away…..

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  • From Diego Urzua on 04-09-96

    The day I was born…
    Now I feel conected with this picture

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  • From Melany on 12-11-96

    My brother was born this day…

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  • From Melany on 11-26-92

    My 1st birthday ♡

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  • From Melany on 11-26-91

    The day I was born something was building…

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  • From Pien Marit A. on 07-27-94

    I was born on this day.
    Right now I’m an artstudent in Arnhem, the Netherlands. And I’ve learned video editing this year and right now, it’s what I love to do most.

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  • From Silvia on 05-24-84

    The day I was born 🙂

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  • From Beatriz Senties on 12-28-94

    This day was my grandfather birthday and the day my mother died. 8 days after I was born. There was no party or fun that day, only sadness, impotence, a little girl.
    I learn from him to see the beaty hidden in life, even when everything seems awful, there’s always a little spark of light and something that makes you go on. Just like Jamie did.
    He past away a year and a half ago, but I miss him just like the first day.

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  • From Elaine on 07-06-96

    This is my birthday!!!

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  • From Amy Wilson on 02-24-84

    The day I was born ❤️ Amy Wilson uk

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  • From Christie on 11-13-95

    Crazy. I was born on this day, and I have an crazy love for roses. I even have a shoulder piece tattooed on me. I originally heard about Jamie on a video shared on Facebook and I decided to give it a look. I have a poloroid camera myself and I love to take random everyday pictures as well. It’s amazing what Jamie did, he was way ahead of his time. This is awesome and may his memory be forever shared.

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  • From Travis Adkins on 06-29-79

    This was also the day I was born. 😊🎉

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  • From Joe on 09-14-95

    I was born this day! Any special meaning behind it?

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  • From vincemagdangan on 08-21-94

    I was born this day. I never met this guy, but he’s inspiring. Thank you! 🙂

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  • From Hend on 11-15-94

    i was born on that day :’) <3
    may his soul be in a better place

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  • From Nichole (@nkulikow) on 04-28-97

    I turned one years old on this day. I love this picture

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  • From ida on 02-03-94

    I was born this day, 23 years ago.

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