JayOso vs. The World is a project created in the time throughout the pandemic of 2020. It was my first full year without traveling, and I had time to reflect on my previous trips that I was apart of in the last few years. One of the questions I had asked myself was, “How can I keep these memories alive outside of my phone?” I had taken many pictures over the years, and a majority of them were from those trips. I had made lookbooks of my first trip a few years prior, but I had just threw them together with no thought. With more travels under my belt, I wanted to showcase where I have been to others in a creative way and give them an inside look at these different cities and countries.  JayOso vs. The World is a visual experience that captures countries in a photobook. My goal is to inspire people around me to travel the world. At one point, I was just dreaming of seeing places outside of my hometown and thinking maybe I could visit these places witnessed in video games and television. Then it began when I was on my first overseas trip. Traveling outside of the country changed my perspective as the world is so much open than I initially realized while living in one city your whole life. During these trips, I had taken many pictures to document all of the places I had visited. After returning home, I usually post all my photos on social media or send them to close friends if they ask. I had discovered I never look back at those trips unless I scroll through my camera roll on my phone. I wanted these photos to feel special when I look back through them, which required me not to be trapped in my phone. I like that tangible feeling to hold a book in your hands and look through the experience first hand rather than on a phone or other device; it serves more meaning as a collectible item to hold onto for years to go back and review it. Photobooks or lookbooks are the methods I wanted to do for this set of series I plan to roll out. I am taking time to edit them and create a visual story through my photos. I want to present quality to whoever reads and feel a sense of what these places are from my perspective. In the end, I like the reader to take from JayOso vs. The World is to travel themselves and experience life outside of home.