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A Polaroid A Day for 6,000 Days [18 years!]

NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days, or, roughly, 18 years. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time on March 13, 1979.

His last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer on October 25, 1997.

And so I ask you, how strong is YOUR commitment to a creative life?
Enough said.

Here’s the site where most of the images are scanned in…

[Thanks Lee.(via this…)]

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  1. John says:
    December 12, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Determination to art and creativity no matter whats the situation.

  2. Eric Calabros says:
    December 11, 2011 at 9:03 am

    such creative creature cant die. nobody dies. we just jump to another level of living.
    see you there Jamie

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  4. John Barwood says:
    December 10, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    Still getting my head around this…..thought provoking

  5. Mike Collister says:
    December 10, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    Jamie’s consistent and long term dedication to this project is inspirational, I am sure he would have been proud of this work. He began taking his polaroids the year I was born – I enjoyed seeing my time through anthers perspective.

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