Last month, Jump Because issued a Challenge + Contest to jumpers to submit a photo that best represents this quote from jumping inspiration, Philippe Halsman.
"When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears."
The photo above, sent in by Rick, was chosen as the winner of this JB Challenge + Contest! Here is his jumping story:
"I met some friends for lunch last January who were visiting Park City, Utah during Sundance Film Festival. We finished eating and walked across the street to the park to grab some jump shots when these three Utah Highway Patrol Troopers came over. They watched with muted interest and amusement, so I asked them to jump. What a reaction, haha. They are wearing their dress uniforms since the Utah State Legislature was in session and they had been at the State Capitol Building. So much of what the police do is difficult and not too humorous so when they started jumping it brought out a side of them rarely seen. They dropped their "cop" persona and gave us a glimpse of the real person underneath that uniform. They drove away laughing like 12 year old's and I was happy they were so willing to jump for me." -Rick
As the winner of this contest, Rick's photo will be featured on the right hand side of our page for a good while. Congrats to Rick for capturing this awesome jump!
We have many more submissions that we're continuing to post and would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who submitted a photo!
"When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears."
The photo above, sent in by Rick, was chosen as the winner of this JB Challenge + Contest! Here is his jumping story:
"I met some friends for lunch last January who were visiting Park City, Utah during Sundance Film Festival. We finished eating and walked across the street to the park to grab some jump shots when these three Utah Highway Patrol Troopers came over. They watched with muted interest and amusement, so I asked them to jump. What a reaction, haha. They are wearing their dress uniforms since the Utah State Legislature was in session and they had been at the State Capitol Building. So much of what the police do is difficult and not too humorous so when they started jumping it brought out a side of them rarely seen. They dropped their "cop" persona and gave us a glimpse of the real person underneath that uniform. They drove away laughing like 12 year old's and I was happy they were so willing to jump for me." -Rick
As the winner of this contest, Rick's photo will be featured on the right hand side of our page for a good while. Congrats to Rick for capturing this awesome jump!
We have many more submissions that we're continuing to post and would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who submitted a photo!
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