Jamie Livingston | |
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 Livingston in 1983 | |
| Born | Jamie Livingston October 25, 1956 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1997 (aged 41) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, film-maker, circus performer |
| Website | http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/ |
Jamie Livingston (October 25, 1956 – October 25, 1997) was a New York-based photographer, film-maker and circus performer. Between March 31, 1979, and October 25, 1997, the day of his death, he took a single picture nearly every day with a Polaroid SX-70 camera.[1][2]
Livingston's 'Polaroid a Day' photographic diary started at Bard College and though 86 photos have gone missing from the collection, 6,697 Polaroids remain. The collection, dated in sequence, has been organized by his friends Hugh Crawford and Betsy Reid into an exhibit at the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College called "Photo of the Day", which opened in 2007.[3] By the next year, the pictures were hosted online and became a popular discovery of several online blogs.[4]
- ^ "Daily Polaroids Detail Last 18 Years of NYC Man's Life". Fox News. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ Higgins, Chris (2008-05-21). "He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died". mental floss. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ "Photo of the Day, by Bard Alumnus Jamie Livingston On View in October". Bard College Press Release. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ^ Dee, Johnny (2008-08-13). "Instant recall". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-03-14.