Jumpology is a word coined by Philippe Halsman for his portraits of people jumping. Halsman believed that when people jump, their attention goes to the jump and the mask they wear for the camera falls away, so more of their real character shows.
In 1959 he published Philippe Halsman's Jump Book, with jumping portraits of famous people such as Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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