A few weeks ago Alec Soth made a post on his blog discussing Flickr groups and issued an assignment with a prize for the winner. The assignment was a merger of two existing Flickr groups, Girls Eating Sandwiches and Bed Jumpers, resulting in Jump the Sandwich, photographs of women jumping on a bed while eating a sandwich. Quirky as it was, it seemed fun and the prospect of a prize was intriguing. I spent several sleepless nights dreaming of winning a complete set of Alec’s books, or at least his most recent Fashion Magazine. Originally I misread the assignment as if the photographer was to be doing the jumping. The idea of me jumping on a bed and making a photograph at the same time seemed like fun so I made both versions. The winner was announced and sadly enough my efforts fell short. It was fun though so I will gladly claim that prize.

Incidentally, while setting up the Flickr account last night to upload the images I misspelled my own last name. I find that comical especially since my girlfriend and I had just been discussing spelling mistakes earlier in the day. What gravitas! I guess after enough time spent in a Carlsbad apartment building ridden with domestic violence my ability to aptly focus has been affected.

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