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 Rayna on 06-22-97

    The exact day I was born! How cool!

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  • From Emandalee on 11-29-93

    The day I was born. This is cool to see something capture the exact day.

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  • From Rebecca Gregory on 10-30-95

    This is the day I was born. Insane

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  • From Tristan on 02-02-97

    I was born on this day, Im 20 now 🙂

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  • From Tony Peck on 09-05-83

    I was born on Sept. 5th 1983.

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  • From Nick Nasibyan on 01-29-94

    The day I was born as well

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  • From Nick Nasibyan on 01-30-94

    This is the day I was born!

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  • From Tom on 05-05-95

    Me too! And I thought the exact same thing when I saw it too! I was hoping it’d be something happy

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  • From Sara Josleyn on 01-22-90

    The day I was born

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  • From Kile on 08-05-89

    This is my husband’s birthday as well. Huge baseball fans.

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  • From Kile on 07-15-89

    This was the day I was born

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  • From Luke Lyons on 12-28-81

    I was born in this day in 1981. By the sun in the picture I’d venture to guess that this is about 5:30 in the afternoon right around the time I was born.

    Although I was born in Chicago – I’m a New Yorker now therefore it’s a bit more personally relative.

    This is a really cool project. Thx for sharing.

    Luke Lyons

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  • From Mackenzie on 12-26-96

    I was born 12.26.1996
    It’s amazing to see the works of Jamie Livingston knowing he was just living his life one day at a time. Obviously this is my favorite. It embodies Christmas and the holiday season.

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  • From Max on 01-01-95

    I love this Polaroid and the one in ’91. Seeing the Mac computer develop and change

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  • From Meredith on 04-10-95

    The day I was born ❤️

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  • From Holly berry on 02-20-80

    I was born this day, too. Awesome

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  • From Kevin on 04-16-93

    This was my birth day

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  • From Jocelyn Maurer on 09-13-79

    This was my 5 birthday

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  • From Khalil Alzein on 01-21-80

    19 years later I was born

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  • From Colin Smith on 02-05-97

    This picture was taken the day I was born.

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  • From KiKi on 10-11-95

    My birthday! ❤️

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  • From Kay on 12-29-93

    I was born that night ….however I was due on Christmas day

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  • From Tommy C on 07-18-85

    Born this day in Milwaukee WI

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  • From Vickie Hicks on 11-09-79

    Nov 9th is my birthday, I was 8yrs old when this photo was taken. xoxo

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  • From Marine Parker on 02-13-89

    This is the day I was born.
    Are these movies?

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  • From Beli on 06-18-97

    I was born on this day but in 1999. It saddens me to see that this is the last photo taken on June 18. Just 2 years away from my birthday…his photos give me just a warm feeling in my gut and I admire them greatly. Really makes me miss taking pictures.

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  • From Holly on 12-21-92

    Saw this on Facebook – this is also the date I was born! Thank you for making such a simplistic, beautiful gesture.

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  • From Marine Parker on 02-15-89

    This picture was taken 2 days after my birthday. And this cat looks exactly like the cat we had at the time, he was named Leo. He was my very first cat, and today I’m an ethologist doing a PhD on cats…
    I love coincidences

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  • From Marine Parker on 02-14-89

    Also my birthday. Very nice photo of it 🙂

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  • From Floren Looker on 08-22-89

    This is the day I was born too. Such a wonderful idea and way of chronicling a life 💜

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  • From David on 01-12-87

    The day i was born

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  • From Amanda chambers on 03-02-97

    The day my first child was born, Emma. She will be 21 in 2018. Amazing to think that Jamie had been doing this everyday for the previous 17 years. Such a cool thing to do. X

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  • From Ben on 02-24-96

    This day means the world to me, as this was the day the love of my life was born, and she makes me feel like the luckiest man in the world, day after day, Forever and always.

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  • From Josh on 02-15-96

    Just watched a video on Facebook about Jamie. This picture was taken on the day i was born. Such beautiful work.

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  • From Spencer on 07-27-85

    The day I was born. Thank you Jamie

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  • From Robin B on 06-24-86

    The above photo was snapped on my birthdate. I notice that the subjects all have a thumbs down. It might have been the same reaction my dad had had earlier that day when my swollen mother stepped down from the loft of their little house to escape the heat and stretch her legs. While my father was stabilizing the ladder, to aid my mother in her descent, her water broke, drenching his head and shoulders, and announcing my prescient arrival. A rather unforgettable first impression, I should think. Per my mother’s birth plan, I was born later that afternoon at home (without pain medication) in rural Eastern Oregon (an hour’s drive to the nearest hospital). I have been making waves in the family ever since.

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  • From Jason on 08-15-95

    The day i was born

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  • From claudia on 10-04-79

    i was born on this day. just stumbled upon this site via a youtube video made on Jamie. it has reminded me how much i used to love taking photos. been going through a rough time emotionally and spiritually and this has rekindled a desire to express myself through art. thank you! xo

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  • From Jeanne Apostol on 12-01-79

    The Love of my Life was born on this day… if only he knew he was and still is the love of my life…

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  • From Luz on 08-30-87

    Why is there no picture for August 29th this year?

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  • From Sara on 07-08-95

    This was the day I got married. My husband died of cancer this year.

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  • From Vin on 04-02-90

    I was born on this day. Can’t explain why but I imagine myself to be the baby in the photo. I would love to meet them.

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  • From Violet Sky on 10-26-94

    It was a lovely hot sunny day in Kent UK, I gave birth to my beautiful spirited daughter. It was the best day of my life.

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  • From Theresa Sleeth (Me) on 08-19-96

    This was the day I was born.

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  • From Francesco on 12-06-94

    In this period I can’t find the strenght to study. I found the story of Jamie casually on Facebook, it makes me smile and remind that
    “Sometimes, there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart is just going to cave in”
    6 December 94 is my birthday too.

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  • From Aaron on 05-31-95

    It’s crazy how the day I was born he was doing something already. I don’t know if I can express what I feel, but I feel small. And not in a bad way. I think it’s amazing how we can know other stories and understand that life is this endless line where you’re just a tiny part of it. I feel so lucky to have shared a part of his story. Even if it’s just three years.
    Thanks, Jamie.

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  • From Nikkie (@ThisIsNikkie04) on 03-13-91

    My birthday! It was going to be March 3rd but I was lazy lol

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  • From Sarah on 06-09-95

    This is my youngest daughter’s birthday. She will be 23 next birthday. The same age as I was when I gave birth to her

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  • From Lawson Vinson on 05-11-97

    I was born on this day… the day before he was in the hospital.

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  • From kimberly Cooper on 05-03-80

    I was born on this day 💜

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