j.u.m.p !

JUMPING
to
UNITE
MULTICULTURAL
PARTIES

Landscape shots while no doubt picturesque, are dull with a capital D. After a while, they become a monotonous blur. There is nothing worse than an entire album full of the same snow-covered mountain range taken from 12 different angles on 12 different settings. It's a mountain-I get it!

I had a glorious idea (some disagree on the glorious-ness of this idea) on my last trip abroad to Egypt/Jordan, a place where for the first time, I realized there is just no fitting in. My skin coloring was different, I didn't don a veil, or speak arabic. How can I portray all this fabulous scenery without it turning out like those dull landscapes I mentioned before, and make some friends from other cultures along the way? JUMPING of course!

From that day on, j.u.m.p was born. I'm looking to do a travelogue of sorts that features "action" shots in front of globally recognizable sites and monuments. The intent is to bring people together through the act of jumping. It's an activity that most ppl can do (does not apply to those who are mobility restricted) and it doesn't matter your age, sex, race. It breaks the barriers of language and socio-economic status and most of all, it's fun. For most everyone!

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU, WHY PARTICIPATE:

• make new friends, have fun, spice up your photo album

• give back to those who need it (a % from the sale of this book will go back to the young women and girls who work and train at the recycling center in garbage city, a slum of Cairo) more info about garbage city here

• another opportunity to get your photos/name out there. all pictures will receive full photo credit

oh the places we'll go.