a thousand shades of gold glistened on its plumage.

jamie livingston took a polaroid photo on every single day from March 31, 1979 until October 25, 1997, which was the day he died. this is his first photo:


these are the photos he took every year on my birthday between 1979 and 1997:




















this was the last photo taken of him on the day he died.


the whole collection is online here. some pretty crazy stuff if you can pull yourself away from facebook for an hour or two.