James Day’s website is specifically designed to accommodate his photography work. The first page you are bought to when entering the website is very simplistic, with only a slider of images across the full screen, with each image having the photographer’s name printed across. When you navigate through each of the pages, all you are presented with are images of his work – again taking over the entirety of the screen. The text available for each image is very minimal; limited to the name of the piece and its number in the series it belongs to. The overall layout of the website is very structured, with each page having the same boxy layout, which shows both organisation and the focus of the site being the presentation of the artist’s work. As my work is photography based, the structure of this website is a prime example of how to present photography with no distraction from the work, by having the bare minimal in terms of text.
In terms of presenting the work, the layout gives the viewer easy access to all of the images, however when finding written information about the work, there is a separate menu to the ‘Works’ menu. This might not be clear to people new to the site, as the ‘Menu’ button could be mistaken for the general menu title, which is then shown further along the same line. What is also made unclear is the artist’s variety of work being presented on the website, but isn’t in the visible menu at the top of the main page – they are part of the hidden menu in the top left corner. Links to other types of work are also hidden in this drop down menu in the top left corner of the screen, meaning that when first approaching the website it isn’t made clear that the artist produces work using other mediums, as all the work first presented is photography-based.
