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 Rogério Araújo on 05-30-95

    The same day as I born!

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  • From Maria Elisa Finoti on 08-25-95

    🥺💕

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  • From Michelle on 12-30-88

    I was born on this DATE, but in 1969, so I picked 1988 because I graduated that year. My grandma used to say my ex-husband looked like Elvis, so seeing this photo was very cool. 📸

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  • From Jordi Rosell on 01-02-80

    Ese día nací yo. En Madrid. Gracias por emocionarme.

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  • From 沈瑱 on 06-26-80

    My wife was born on this day in China,the guy right realy looks like me。

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  • From Ethan Uzzle on 01-26-84

    I keep seeing this car in later pictures. I guess he found it here and got it running?

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  • From Bibi on 10-20-91

    It was the day I was born… funny enough, rollerblading is my favorite sport 🙂

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  • From Rebecca on 11-16-94

    This is my birthday. I am 28 now. This series is a beautiful and poignant look at a live lived and loved.

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  • From Adam Coe on 12-13-83

    Greetings other December thirteeners! This shot was on my 4th birthday. Interesting to see other Polaroid shots in this shot. Looks like maybe a Giants game in the one on the left? I only say this because I know he lived in New York and it looks like you can see the uprights in the pic. Would love to know the story.

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  • From Adam Coe on 12-13-79

    I was born on this day. Always interesting to see what the world was up to as I entered it.

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  • From Pedro on 06-14-86

    Roughly nine months before, my parents conceived a child: it was me.

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  • From Jeff on 04-25-83

    This is the day I was born, would have vibed with this guy.

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  • From Thinley Dorjee on 09-29-84

    I was born on that day.

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  • From Talietha on 01-08-91

    Something fun was happening in this moment.

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  • From Talietha on 03-18-95

    I ha e a feeling there is a band poster or CD cover somewhere with this image. 🙂

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  • From Talietha on 03-17-95

    There is no green beer nor a shamrock in sight. Thank goodness. Music is an excellent way to celebrate a birthday.

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  • From Pavan B on 10-11-96

    You die twice, the day you stop breathing and the day someone says your name for the last time. Jamie is still alive.

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  • From Wilson Andrade on 04-21-80

    My birthday…. Beautiful picture
    😍

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  • From Lisa J on 01-03-88

    The day I was born. RIP Jamie.

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  • From Amr Ahmed sayed on 09-15-85

    This is my birthday. Am from Egypt and I live in dubai. I love this website

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  • From Gintare on 03-09-89

    I also born on this day ❤️ In Lithuania 🇱🇹

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  • From Liz on 11-26-89

    The day I was born ^_^

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  • From T Harrell on 05-22-79

    My 1st Birthday 🙂

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  • From Júlia on 10-07-92

    10 years before i was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ^^

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  • From Julie Roy on 03-08-95

    My fiance die that day…at 18. I was devastated and I tried my best to keep going all these years. I saw the video on FB and it really hit a sensible string…thx to you to share this amazing work.

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  • From Julie Roy on 10-03-97

    On that very day I was celebrating my 20th birthday which was a big deal for me!

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  • From Julie Roy on 10-03-87

    Hey stranger! I was celebrating my 10 years old that very day and I was in 3th grade.

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  • From Chelsee Dennis on 08-13-90

    This is the day I was born and although my mom doesn’t know the exact time, she thinks it was around 1:30… or was it 1:18 mom? I guess I need to find out the exact time!?

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  • From Angela on 07-04-92

    This was the day I eloped 30 years ago. Love that this is the pic from that day… Still married to the best guy…who would probably wear that same outfit if given the chance. 🙂

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  • From quandale dingle on 07-12-81

    hi

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  • From Fix on 09-06-97

    Twenty-five years ago on my 19th birthday. Great shot!

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  • From Juan on 06-08-95

    the day i was born. feeling like i’ve been inside this photo for a while. amazing work!

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  • From Arin on 11-07-95

    My husband’s birthday 😊

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  • From Arin on 10-18-95

    I was born on this day three ♥️

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  • From Sarah on 09-08-79

    Birth date 🙂

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  • From Martin on 06-20-97

    19/06/2022 – 38,3 ºC in Poland 🙂

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  • From Louise Crawford on 02-14-91

    Here I am pregnant, in a bed at Lenox Hill Hospital with pre-term labor. I had to stay there for a month so that my son, Henry, wouldn’t be born 4 months early.

    His due date was June 12th.

    I remember spending Valentine’s Day at the hospital. Hugh, who managed to stay strong throughout this ordeal, made me a beautiful valentine’s card that made me cry. And I guess he gave me a box of chocolates. Or someone did.

    That was one of the most stressful times of my life. I thought Henry might not survive. I was under doctor’s orders to be calm and told not to laugh or cry. I wasn’t allowed to get out of bed, to stand. It was pretty awful. But staying calm was hardest of all.

    CALM? How can you be calm in a situation like that?

    I had so much love and support from Hugh, my family and friends. My parents, who divorced years before and were rarely in the same room together, were there day after day, side by side (able for the first time to overlook their own differences in the face of this emergency).

    My sister, my cousins, my aunts, my friends, including one who figured out how to wash my hair while lying in bed, all rallied round. They brought food, books, magazines. Jamie gave me cassette tapes of his favorite ethnic music, another friend brought Creme Brulee from a French Bistro, still another gave me an adorable stuffed dog that sat on top of the hospital TV like a mascot.

    My twin sister gave blood for me (just in case). At first she was told that she was too thin to give blood. While she was disappointed about not being able to give blood, she was THRILLED to be too thin. As I recall, they told her to go out and have a big meal and then come back.

    She did end up giving blood for me and I was grateful.

    The room was often full of people. It was actually kind of festive and fun. I got so many flowers from a Upper West Side flower shop called Surroundings, it was a lush garden on my windowsill, which had a diagonal view of Park Avenue.

    I remember wanting to connect with the baby(I had just learned that he was a he) but I was afraid because I thought he might die.

    A wise person told me: attach to the baby inside of you. If something does happen, you will deal with the loss then.

    And so I did. I soared at the art of positive even magical thinking. And you know what? It worked!

    Henry was born on his due date. The nurse screamed out “He’s cute.” Indeed, he was the most adorable– and beloved — baby in the world.

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 02-07-97

    The day my step-dad died unexpectedly. I remember every detail so vividly but also can’t remember a thing. I tried to bargain with G*d. It didn’t work.

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 03-24-92

    My 21st birthday…

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  • From Paige Syndercombe-Kandlin on 03-24-89

    I turned eighteen on this day. I don’t remember a thing about the day or where I was. Presumably in Cape Town.

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  • From Jorge Perez on 09-20-79

    Uff, a Kodak Instant Camera!!

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  • From hugh crawford on 01-15-90

    Frank Spangenberg is distantly related to your 10th grade high school geometry teacher?

    Sounds like a convoluted story!

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  • From Jamie on 01-15-90

    Found out in July 2020, that the guy in the photo is distantly related to my 10th grade high school geometry teacher.

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  • From 莫少云 on 05-01-90

    PYH出生在这一天

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  • From Roberto Garcia on 03-03-82

    The day I was born!

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  • From Robert on 03-04-82

    The day I came into this world!

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  • From KMKJ on 11-22-95

    I was born this morning.

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  • From Chris on 06-18-87

    My beautiful wife was born on this day

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  • From Chris on 09-14-84

    I was born on this day

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  • From Rachelle Anne on 07-08-82

    The day the my girlfriend was born, I love you Kath G.

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