Stories about those days.

The stories that people have about Jamie’s photos are a source of amazement. Β 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 J.B. on 10-17-83

    I was born on this day. I’ve never met another person to have the same birthday as me. So to see through someone else’s eyes what they were doing is very interesting to me. Thank you Jamie.

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  • From Nicole J Bartlein on 11-20-84

    I was 8 years old less than a month before on Halloween night my mom told us we were leaving my dad. Everything changing then…

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  • From Nicole J Bartlein on 11-20-82

    I was 6 years old, my parents were still 2 years away from divorce…

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  • From Corrine on 03-30-80

    I was born on this day. It is astounding how one image tries to capture so many moments in time.

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  • From Raudah on 06-26-80

    I was born on this day in NYC. It was a Thursday.

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  • From candygilbert on 12-22-91

    This is the day I gave birth to my only child.

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  • From Crystal Nieto on 09-25-96

    This is the day I got married.

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  • From Gary C Sloan on 11-19-87

    Hi Betsy, I hope the envelope had good news for you

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  • From Andrew McIntyre on 07-29-95

    the day my son was born in Coffs Harbour, Australia

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  • From Matt on 11-03-89

    Also the day I was born 😊

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  • From Courtney Rockwood on 03-06-92

    THIS is the day I was born, haha. I accidentally just commented on March 7……but here we are. March 6, 1992.

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  • From Courtney Rockwood on 03-07-92

    This is the day I was born too πŸ™‚

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  • From Echo Kennedy-Gladue on 06-27-94

    I was born on this day, I am 23 years old.

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  • From Jessilyn on 12-31-93

    Its always a party on my birthday! β™‘

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  • From Eva on 03-25-89

    This is the day I was born πŸ™‚ very nice project! Glad that we can see these photos!

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  • From Kathleen Durkin on 03-17-92

    Wow! I was born on this day at 10:23 a.m.

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  • From Murray on 02-28-80

    The day I was born. 9 am. Don’t know why, but I was never curious what day of the week it was on. Somehow, I was surprised it was a Thursday. Not because I expected a different day, but because I didn’t expect any day. It always seemed like an abstraction, just knowing the date. Knowing it was a Thursday gives it texture that i can grasp.

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  • From bogdan on 01-10-83

    he’s coming inside, while I was coming into the world

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  • From Matthew on 11-30-83

    same here!!!

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  • From Pam on 11-24-82

    My first born son this day…it rained that week when it should have snowed instead…November rain

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  • From Katie on 11-30-82

    My birthday as well. πŸ™‚

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  • From Christina Keller on 09-26-79

    I was born on this day in Wurzburg, Germany, while my parents were stationed there. I live in North Dakota where my parents are originally from and where I mostly grew up…other than at various Army bases that is πŸ™‚

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  • From Bobbi on 05-17-88

    My birthday πŸ˜„

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  • From Bobbi on 05-18-88

    My birthday πŸ˜„

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  • From Hannah Horsch on 12-25-86

    This is the day I was born. =)

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  • From Brittany M Harbist on 04-28-87

    Day my husband was born 😊

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  • From Brittany M Harbist on 08-01-89

    Actual day I was born. Sorry lol.

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  • From Brittany M Harbist on 08-02-89

    Day I was born.

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  • From Stella Facem Ducens on 06-02-86

    The day i was born.

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  • From Carl Mitchell on 11-19-94

    I was born on this day πŸ™‚

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  • From Tullea on 10-04-81

    I was born this day at almost midnight PST so they must have been headed to bed in NY when I met the world

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  • From Glenne V on 05-21-90

    Day I was born.. Thought this picture has some kind of resemblance to my life.

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  • From Joe Moreno on 10-24-96

    My birthday too! Turning 21 this year. In college studying history, stuff like this is better than any word can describe. I’m from an Italian family who likes to say olive oil runs in our veins. <3

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  • From teetsmic@gmail.com on 11-27-90

    Me six 😁

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  • From Michael Zaccagna on 09-26-80

    The day i turned 19…(ill be 56 in a week)my life as uncertain as wether the last of that cake was eaten…God Bless you Jamie.

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  • From Michele on 10-19-96

    This is the day that I also got married. It rained so hard in NJ that roads were flooded and the reception hall had no electricity. We had our party, in the dark. The only lights in the room were from candles on the table. My purse was stolen that night, so we couldn’t leave for our honeymoon. Even though I cried at the end of the night…all of our family and friends remember every detail of that night and how much fun they had just sitting and visiting with out of town family. We are still married…so I guess rain on your wedding day is good luck.

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  • From nicolas847 on 03-10-89

    Born on this day. My father had a terrible flu. He also needed the hospital. Apparently it was a long night, born 40 minutes into the 10th. When they brought me home it was pouring rain and my parent’s couldn’t leave the car for hours. It tends to always rain on my birthday.

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  • From Courtney on 04-15-90

    What’s crazy is I know this day to be Easter. It was the day I was brought home from hospital after being born on April 13th, 1990. Love this project, sad the photographer couldn’t see it become what it has, but amazing at the lasting impact it has had.

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  • From Aditi Iyer on 09-28-87

    I was born today in Jaipur, India

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    • From Melissa Rodrigues on 09-28-87

      This is the first time I see a photo of the day I was born! Good feeling

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  • From Donna on 03-12-94

    The birth of my first child that day ❀️

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  • From Donna on 04-17-93

    My Wedding Day ❀️

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  • From andr on 08-11-88

    yo nacΓ­

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  • From Agnieszka on 02-20-87

    The day i was born in Poland, PoznaΕ„ πŸ™‚

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  • From Kaylynn on 02-05-96

    This was the day I was born!! It’s so cool to see someone else living their life on the day I was given mine. The same day my parents officially became the parents of two girls, and their other daughter got the official title of “Big Sister.” Someone was having a normal Monday. The day my mom was watching the snow from inside a hospital room, he seemed to be outside enjoying it, unaware that somewhere in the world, someone’s life was forever changed.
    I’d also like to note, my dad had the same coat!!

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  • From Sam Wainwright on 01-05-80

    My 12th birthday , right before going off to boarding school for the first time.

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  • From Mary on 11-06-94

    Halfway around the world, on this same date, I was taking my first breaths on this earth. One and a half month before the due date, same day as these two people smiled and awkwardly posed for a photo in the streets of new york city. Can’t help but wonder how this exact place looks almost 23 years later.

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  • From Jessica on 04-06-83

    The day o aas born

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  • From Hannah O'Shea on 08-26-89

    The day I was born…lovely to see two lives join just as mine was starting.

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  • From Samantha Castillo on 02-11-91

    Also the day I was born. Very moving collective work of art. Thank you Jamie.

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  • From Vaughn Reyna (@ReynaVcreyna) on 10-13-93

    Birthday!

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