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 Haley on 05-10-97

    This is the day I was born! It’s so crazy to think that so many different people live so many different lives at the same time we live our own. We never even stop to think about other people living their lives across the country or world.

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  • From Mykhail on 01-26-92

    The photography is beautiful. I visited this date specifically because this is the day and year I was born. I’d tell a story but they say every picture is worth a thousand words.

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  • From amanda l wallace on 08-27-87

    This is they day I was born. How awesome! I mean so ironic.

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  • From Jorge on 11-23-92

    I was born on this day. I heard his story a bit on Facebook and I feel inspired. He is still alive

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    • From Brooke Smith on 11-23-92

      This day was the date of my birth. Looks like a chinese restaurant date with a few of their friends.

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  • From Meghan on 09-03-86

    My birthday! Ventura, California USA

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  • From Evan B on 09-01-82

    This is my birthday….i saw a video on FB talking about this and it was awesome. Such dedication to something so simple.

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  • From Matt Stevens on 11-19-89

    Me too!

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  • From Jeanna on 09-12-90

    My name is Jeanna I was born this day

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  • From Jeanna on 09-13-90

    My name is jeanna I was born this day

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  • From Luis Marrero on 08-07-86

    I was born this day and reading is one of the thing I enjoy more.

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  • From Kezhia on 02-04-97

    My Birthday

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  • From Hollie on 05-19-83

    This was the day I was born.

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  • From Aleksandr on 05-21-88

    Здравствуй мир! Как тесен и прекрасен этот мир.

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  • From Dan00tz on 10-25-97

    This is how you need to live your life,like is the last day. This is how he lived his life. RIP…

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  • From Diego Paes Beckman on 11-07-90

    The day of my birth too 🙂

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  • From Mac on 08-03-79

    Me Too

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  • From Zs. on 01-01-1990

    Dear V.!

    It is not inconsistent…cause there are 2 different person on these photos….
    Not every picture about Jamie.

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  • From Remedios on 12-30-86

    My parents got married this day… after almost 29 years of marriage my father died in a car accident. I got such a bittersweet feeling looking at this photo…

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  • From Pavel on 10-25-81

    My birthday…

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  • From Remedios on 08-22-90

    While he was taking this photo I was being born in a small town in Mexico…

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  • From Edison Ayala on 03-30-84

    this pic was took at my birth date

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  • From Edison Ayala on 04-27-81

    en mis 18, recuerdo estaba muy enojado, no me gustaba la idea de cumplirlos… mi madre vino con un pastel para felicitarme y yo tenia una mala cara.

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  • From Joy Dawn on 04-27-81

    my eighteenth birthday – the day I thought the world would look different – or I’d “feel” different – or something – and it just wasn’t so….

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  • From Stanley Durdinson on 05-16-88

    I remember everything metal in the playground was made of this same design. Its comforting to know that he also appreciated this. Thanks for the pic buddy.I hope it brings others the same feeling it has brought me.

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  • From Ren on 03-02-96

    My birth date ❤

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  • From Ren on 03-03-96

    My birth date too ❤

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  • From V on 01-01-1990

    A bit inconsistent, on 31.12 he is clean shaved, and now on 01.01 has a beard

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  • From lennie2 on 02-16-93

    mine too

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  • From Jarrett Jacobs on 09-16-91

    I was born on this exact day. Funny thing is ive always had a great connection with music. It seems to surround my life.

    “Embrace the storms in life. Through the pain of weathering these storms we are blessed with opportunity. Pull up that travesty from beneath your feet. Learn to welcome it into your home. This travesty will test you time, and time again dressed in many disguises. Tempted are we to find ways to soften the blow of this travesty on others. Show restraint, because the strength, & wisdom that is received by those who stumble through these blows are everlasting. Who am I to deny you of that?”

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  • From Franz on 01-11-97

    21

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  • From Franz on 01-11-80

    4

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  • From Emma on 08-09-85

    This is the photo taken the day of my birth, and it left me in awe because I live my life on the beach. I live 2 blocks from a beach and every day my children and I walk there and spend the day swimming. It is a beautiful life.

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  • From Evgen on 07-02-84

    it’s cool, that day i was born

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  • From A. on 05-16-88

    I was born this day, and somewhere else in life, a man was photographing the primary colors that would one day be my inspiration as an artist. I found this today when I was feeling caged in by politics and I am comforted. Sometimes cages can be beautiful, colorful places if we only choose to see them that way. Thank you Jamie Livingston.

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  • From Steve McKenzie on 06-16-79

    What makes these images so powerful is that we see our own lives in these photographs…

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  • From Jordan on 10-10-96

    10/10/96 is the day I was born. My twin brother and I were born on my dad’s birthday. My mom said she didn’t know what else to get him

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  • From songlily on 08-20-94

    On this day, I turned 11 and saw snow for the first time in the mountains of South Africa. It’s so wonderful and surreal to connect my memories of that day with this photo of a day at the beach.

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  • From Rossina Ravecca on 07-06-90

    I WAS BORN ON THAT DAY

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  • From Samantha on 11-28-81

    The day I was born….

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  • From Unknown on 10-25-97

    25 october 1997 is the day i was born 🙁

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    • From Unknown on 10-25-97

      He was born on 25 october 1956 and died on 25 october 1997. I was born on 25 october 1997, the day of his death :O

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  • From Deena on 03-30-88

    My birthday. I was 8.5 months pregnant with my first child.
    I spent the day trimming trees and mowing grass. It was a bright, sunny day, flowers were blooming. We’d planted our garden a week or so prior, and tiny plants were beginning to sprout.
    After work was done, I sat on the front porch, drinking tea, thinking about the baby.

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  • From Marina on 01-14-83

    The day I was born. Beautiful project.

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  • From Cory on 05-01-83

    World Trade Center!

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  • From Cindy on 06-20-97

    My son was born on this day. He will be 20 this year. ♡

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  • From Cindy on 06-09-96

    My daughter was born this day. She is 21 this year.♡

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  • From Bellerofonte on 11-16-86

    I was born on this very day. Life.

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  • From Katrin on 10-29-89

    I was born on this day… just a few days before the regime change in my country Bulgaria started (same one that has later led to the false state of democracy we still live in)…
    It’s a great photo that marks a time I’ve only heard about, I can’t help but wonder where it was taken

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  • From Shizrae on 07-30-87

    My birthday as well and I agree, a perfect metaphor for life. Love the juxtaposition of how what they’re doing looks so fun/entertaining/clown-like, yet how challenging this must be with their faces full of serious concentration

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  • From Jay Vivanco on 10-25-97

    No words, what a powerful art action.

    Just thanks.

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  • From Stephanie on 09-09-79

    It’s my birthday, and the world is as beautiful as her smile.

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