Photography portfolio website examples.

Clint Colbert

“Clint Colbert (b.1988) grew up in the small town of Fayetteville, Tennessee. He spent four years in Nashville, TN studying and practicing photography before moving to Philadelphia, PA where he now resides. Currently, he is working as a photographer for Urban Outfitters, but in his off time focuses on his personal work like his ongoing series Resort Destination. ”

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Todd R Forsgren

“Todd R Forsgren uses photography to examine themes of ecology, environmentalism, and perceptions of the landscape while striving to strike a balance between art history and natural history. To do so, he employs a range of approaches, from documentary strategies to experimental techniques. Todd's photographs have been featured in National Geographic, Slate, Wired, The Guardian, Nature, New Scientist, and TIME's Lightbox, to name a few. ”

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Charlotta Hammar

“Charlotta Hammar is a Swedish photographer based in Styrsö, Gothenburg. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Gothenburg in 2020. Charlotta’s work contains beautiful, kaleidoscopic images of many subjects — including objects, people, landscapes, foliage, and more. She believes that photography has the possibility to create and present an alternative, visual world based on a photographer's inner visual world. Through photography, she tries to mediate her view of the world. ”

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John Lucarelli

“John Lucarelli is a self-taught photographer whose work revolves around his life at the ocean. His imagery is saturated with color and symmetric in composition. Based in Newport Beach, California, John likes to shoot film as much as possible and loves experimenting with different techniques as he travels the globe in search of adventures.”

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Lucy Shortman

“Lucy Shortman's work explores how visual language can be communicated using surface, color and texture within and of the photograph. The inclusion of the body exploits theatricality and personal privacy. My approach is to create emotional triggers this creating a fictional, immersive experience for the viewer. ”

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Angeles

“Ángeles Peña is a photographer from Argentina, based in Bariloche. The intimacy of the relationships between photography as a documentary resource, and landscape as poetry, is what drives her to inquire and create. Using images that deploy a strong discursive power, the artist seeks to transmit a growing concern for the effects of climate change and the consequences that it brings to the environment. ”

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Michael Pedron

“Michael Pedron is an urban planner in New York City and an naturalist in all places. He seeks chaos in the ordered City, and order in the chaotic outdoors. The garden in the machine. Through his practice of photography, Michael searches for connections between built and natural forms; movement and space; color and light. ”

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Jon Henry

“Jon Henry is a visual artist working with photography and text, from Queens NY. His work reflects on family, sociopolitical issues, grief, trauma and healing within the African American community. His work has been published both nationally and internationally and exhibited in numerous galleries including Aperture Foundation, Smack Mellon, and BRIC among others. Known foremost for the cultural activism in his work, his projects also include studies of athletes and their representations.”

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Tagger Yancey IV

“Tagger is a photographer, photo editor, and fine artist originally from Rochester, New York. He earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012, and has lived in Brooklyn since. ”

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Leslie Hakim-Dowek

“Leslie Hakim-Dowek is a visual artist of Lebanese origin based in London. Her practice mainly focuses on issues of identity, migration and memory often combining photography, archival material and creative writing. Her book Twilight Island was nominated for the Mack First Book Award 2018 and was featured on Photomonitor (June 2017)”

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How to create a photography portfolio website.

Attract clients with a photography portfolio that highlights exactly who you are as a photographer. Creating your own online photography portfolio is easy and intuitive with a dedicated photography portfolio website builder. Choose a website builder like Format that comes with blogging, SEO, social media tools, and an online store so you have everything you need to display your work brilliantly and grow your business. We’ve rounded up six simple tips to keep in mind when building your portfolio website.

  1. Sign up for a free trial with Format. No credit card required.
  2. Choose a photography template. Don’t worry—if you change your mind later, you can easily switch templates.
  3. Upload your photography work. Create a gallery or custom page to display your work.
  4. Edit your site. Customize your site menu to include exactly what you want.
  5. Personalize your design. Make it yours and change options like the template preset, fonts, and colors.
  6. Ready to go further? Set up your store, add SEO or social media integration, and more—whenever you want.

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