Jamie Livingston in one of the first polaroids. April 25, 1979
New York Times – The Days of His Life:
“AS a senior at Bard College in 1979, Jamie Livingston acquired a Polaroid camera. After a few weeks, he noticed that he was taking about one picture a day, and shortly thereafter he decided to continue doing so. The project, which quickly evolved into something of an obsession, began with a snapshot of Mindy Goldstein, Mr. Livingston’s girlfriend at the time, along with another friend, both of them smiling at something outside the frame. It ended 18 years and more than 6,000 photos later with a self-portrait of the photographer on his deathbed on his 41st birthday.”
Probably Grandparents? June 9, 1979
Blog Knows Brooklyn has a series of post about the Polaroids. Hugh Crawford and Betsy Reid, who re-photographed over 6,000 Polaroids and created the site for the entire collection of diary of Jamie Livingston’s life.
January 10, 1985
June 15, 1997
Already with brain tumor Jamie is Getting married on October 7, 1997
Jamie on his deathbed, the photograph before the last one on October 24, 1997
Further Reading:
How to Choose a College
LIFE – Israel 1960 by Paul Schutzer
LIFE – Moscow – Die Alte Heim in 1959
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