June 4, 2008

A Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died

Jamie Livingston took a photo every day for eighteen years using a Polaroid SX-70 camera. The photos span from March 31, 1979 to when he died on October 25, 1997 — his 41st birthday.

(via mental_floss)

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  1. Sheila Ryan on June 4th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    And Chris Glass posted an additional link to more on Livingston from Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.

  2. Barry Stone on June 4th, 2008 at 8:58 am

    These are truly great. Thanks for posting.

  3. Tracy on June 4th, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Wish I’d done that.

  4. Cindy Scroggins on June 4th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    Died in 1997?

  5. Tracy on June 4th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Actually, some days, yes.

  6. Cooper Renner on June 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    Was he one of the Residents? Or just a fan? I confuse easily.

  7. Sheila Ryan on June 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    He was a fan, presumably — or maybe he just liked the look. Anyway, he was a student at Bard when he started the series in 1979. (This I know only because of Chris Glass’s OTBKB link.)

    It’s easy to get confused. There’s an awful lot of stuff flying around here, hence my revival of Cindy’s (or Deron’s) idea of a clusterflock Guide for the Perplexed and my seconding of Cindy’s nomination of India to git ‘er done.

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