So I recently started using digg.com, it shows articles that have become extremely popular each day. The article I saw today (its been up a while) actually made me tearful.

It shows a selection of photos from a real 365 day hero who took a polaroid photo each day, every day from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997 (the day of his death).

this article has the for want of a better phrase highlights

It follows his life through the happy times up






until the days before his death, it shows his battle with cancer.


Warning the next images are pretty distressing, it shows the photographer hooked up to a life support system and another one shows a recent scar on his head where it appears he's had a brain tumour removed.


























On October 5, 1997 we see this:



two days later we see his wedding



the actual web page with everyone on.

The wikipedia entry:

Jamie Livingston (25 October 1956-25 October 1997) was a New York-based photographer, film-maker and circus performer who from March 31, 1979 through to the day of his death on October 25, 1997 took a Polaroid photograph every day.

Livingston's 'Polaroid a Day' photographic diary started at Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College and though some 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 Bard College called "JAMIE LIVINGSTON. PHOTO OF THE DAY: 1979-1997", which opened in 2007