Photojournalism portfolio examples

Ideas

Photojournalism portfolio ideas worth stealing

Seven things the portfolios in this field tend to get right.

• 1

  Show fewer pieces than you want to

  A portfolio is judged on its weakest image, not its strongest, so cut until every frame would survive being the only one seen.

• 2

  Lead with one strong image, not a menu

  The first screen should be work, not navigation. A single full-bleed frame tells a visitor what you do faster than any wording, and it is the only part of the site every visitor sees.

• 3

  Put contact one click from everywhere

  A visitor who wants to reach you should never have to hunt. Contact belongs in the top navigation and again at the foot of every gallery, not on one buried page.

• 4

  Own the domain

  A custom domain is the difference between a business and a hobby in a coupleâs eyes, and it is the one asset you keep if you ever change platform.

• 5

  Group the work by story, not by client or year

  An editor is looking for a subject they can commission against, and a date-stacked archive buries it.

• 6

  Lead with one complete essay, then the single frames

  A picture desk is buying whether you can hold a story across twelve pictures, not whether you can take one.

• 7

  Give each story its own page with a running caption block

  A photo essay flattened into a thumbnail grid loses its sequence, which is most of the work.