Saturday, May 29, 2010

the j.u.m.p list | top 50

The jump list is now up and is organized by country. If you are traveling abroad soon, definitely check the list before you go to see if you will be near any of the j.u.m.p sites.  If you are abroad and have a jump shot that is not on the list send it in anyway, it will most likely go in the next series.

DETAILS:
*have fun, meet new people, be creative!

*ideally pictures should include multiple people, of different ages, races, backgrounds, etc but if it is just you, that is fine too. however, the more the merrier, as the premise of j.u.m.p is about meeting new friends and bonding through the activity.

*be respectful of the site itself and mindful of other tourists, locals, guests. do not disrupt any activities, prayers, group tours, or break through any protective barriers to get a shot.

Please email your unedited, original picture (MUST BE HIGH RESOLUTION) AND any written participant permissions to: kristi@isabelladean.com

the fine print: 
j.u.m.p reserves the right to edit the picture as we see fit and to meet the needs of our book 
photographer will receive credit for photo taken
this book is meant to be fun. obtain permission written/verbally from others in your picture
photo must be the work of the photographer and no one else 
no copyrighted material 


SITE CITY COUNTRY CONTINENT
sydney opera house sydney australia australia
christ the redeemer rio brazil SA
angkor wat cambodia asia
moai easter islands chile SA
great wall of china china asia
potala palace china asia
citadel cairo egypt africa
karnak temple luxor egypt africa
luxor temple luxor egypt africa
pyramids of giza giza egypt africa
eiffer tower paris france europe
l'arc de triumph paris france europe
notre dame paris france europe
palace of versailles versailles france europe
berlin wall berlin germany europe
newschwanstein germany europe
acropolis athens greece europe
taj mahal india asia
guiness factory dublin ireland europe
trinity college dublin ireland europe
colosseum rome italy europe
leaning tower of pisa pisa italy europe
st. peters rome italy europe
the duomo florence italy europe
kiyomizu-dera japan asia
petra petra jordan asia
timbuktu mail
chichen itza mexico NA
mount everest nepal asia
machu picchu peru SA
kremlin moscow russia asia
red square moscow russia asia
alhambra granada spain europe
la sagrada familia barcelona spain europe
valley of the fallen spain europe
shwedagon pagoda thailand asia
hagia sophia istanbul turkey europe
big ben london UK europe
buckingham palace london UK europe
stonehenge UK europe
alamo san antonio US NA
bay bridge san fransico US NA
grand canyon US NA
hollywood sign los angeles US NA
las vegas strip US NA
mount rushmore south dakota US NA
statue of liberty new york US NA
white house washington dc US NA
victoria falls zimbabwe africa
 mount fiji japan asia

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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.