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 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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  • From Jamie on 11-26-84

    On this day I was born. Ironically, I look a lot like the person pictured today.

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  • From JP on 05-27-81

    the day I was born in Boston, Massachusetts

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  • From Anthony on 07-29-96

    The day I turned 18

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  • From Aimee on 02-17-81

    The day my brother Nick was born. Mom was in labor 24 hours!

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  • From Joe Stanich on 01-01-81

    This is New Years 1981 by 1 minute, it is Jamie, Pamela, myself and Tommy.
    Pamela contacted me 40 years later to remind me it was her : ) !.

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  • From Laura on 04-12-95

    Hello fellow birthday buddies 🙂

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  • From Michelle Etwaroo on 08-21-96

    This is my birthday and I married a guitar player too! 😍🙏🏽

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  • From Jacky scott on 06-18-85

    The day I was born

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  • From Dustin on 03-11-83

    I was born on this day.

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  • From Cindy richman on 06-06-79

    Day I graduated highschool…

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  • From jacki on 07-21-90

    I am the person in the red shirt. We are on a trip to the USSR for a film shoot and this is Day 1 of many weeks to come. We are jet lagged.

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  • From Karen Torrejón on 12-04-96

    How awesome to see what other people have memory of, on the day I was born too.

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  • From Louisse on 03-26-96

    I was born on this day.
    I’m really a fan of this project, and I would really want to do this on my instant camera as well. Day by day.

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  • From Cassie Green on 05-07-84

    The day I was born. This is so interesting! I wonder what they were doing. Life is so strange, so many people are born and die every single day. And all of us are somehow still connected though we don’t know each other.

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  • From Cassie Green on 12-30-79

    The day my husband was born. I’ve been intrigued by this incredible work of art for years now. I love these photos so much.

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  • From Lo on 11-23-79

    The day I was born!

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  • From Pauline on 06-21-92

    I was born this day in Ontario, Canada

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  • From sander kuizenga on 02-15-89

    Me and my twinbrother Eric were born on this day.
    what a life this man had.
    It is profound that the ordinariness of it all is best and most special part.
    and that would seems like self refuting idea, but is it?

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  • From Mariclare on 08-18-83

    Hello fellow birthday peeps 👋 I too was born on this day.

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  • From Gage Cox on 08-21-96

    My birthday as well! This is an incredible memorial to a man. What a treat.

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  • From Charles Edward Elliott on 01-27-87

    My birthday ☺️

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  • From Charles Edward Elliott on 01-28-87

    My birthday ☺️💯

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  • From Kyle Martin on 07-16-97

    My fifth birthday.

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  • From Bob Barry on 07-17-89

    Three quarters of the infield of the Manhattan Chili Company’s softball team, taken at JJ Walker Field in the West Village. Walker was, arguably, the most corrupt mayor in the history of New York, so we always thought he was lucky to have such a nice little and well-used park named after him.

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  • From Bob Barry on 10-25-86

    Some context here from an old pal of Jamie’s. As anyone who has looked through PotD could guess, Jamie loved birthdays (his own, and those of his pals). A game such as Game Six of the ’86 Series is about as great a gift as any Mets fan could ever receive. And, of course, this game was played on Jamie’s 30th birthday.

    “From time to time there is magic.”

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  • From Bob Barry on 10-23-83

    My old bedroom at 40 Harrison Street. Note the photo of a diving Graig Nettles on the sleeve for the air conditioner.

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  • From Bob Barry on 10-21-83

    This is the first hamburger I ever consumed while east of the Mississippi. At the late lamented Riverrun in TriBeCa (note the english muffin for bun and the large hand-cut fries).

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  • From Bob Barry on 04-27-82

    The day Reggie Jackson returned to Yankee Stadium as the right fielder for the California Angels. When he hit a home run against Ron Guidry to give the Angels a late lead, the crowd erupted in a sustained chant of “Steinbrenner Sucks”.

    And, not for nothin’, if you were a Bard softball player and these two cats were holding down the left side of the infield, there’s a great chance you were on the winning team.

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  • From Bob Barry on 01-04-82

    Conference of the Beards

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  • From Bob Barry on 09-19-80

    Apparently, I was flipping the bird at the Bic with a union jack.

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  • From hugh crawford on 12-17-79

    And Asteroids !

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  • From Bob Barry on 12-17-79

    I never see this in any of the Jamie Livingston bios, but let me tell you this … when it came to fussball, Jamie was a fussballer. The boy was lethal!

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  • From Bob Barry on 12-05-79

    The first, and only, Bard Alumni Holiday Party to be held at the Yale Club on Vanderbilt Avenue.

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  • From Bob Barry on 07-15-81

    I was not born on this day, but I do remember enjoying some delicious crinkle-cut french fried potatoes with my friend Jamie.

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