I've had several friends tell me to check out Jeremy Cowart's website so I figured now would be a good time to take a critical look at it.
My first impression is good. The homepage is an easily accessible and navigable jumping off point. You get to see what kinds of photos and techniques he likes to shoot. I was especially impressed with his "texture" and "mood". He's obviously very talented in using color with his photos to convey a point.
It's a really clean, concise layout throughout the entire portfolio. Good consistency and nothing on his pages take away from the photos.
The interactivity is at an appropriate level. You're able to choose what photos you want to look at and scrolling through a certain gallery is quick and easy.
All of his pictures have a human subject in them, famous or not, and it definitely makes his photos interesting and provocative. He has photos of celebrities or well known faces and I think those can be interesting and boring at the same time. Mostly because I feel like I've seen some faces everywhere and in every arena of journalism or photography. I do like the environments he puts his subjects in, however. I was more fond of his other galleries where it wasn't so much a focus on the subject, but his technique. Which I am more than impressed with.
He even has a twitter link at the bottom. I suppose that would meet the criteria of keeping it current and interactive. It's a good outlet for people to see new content he puts up, or for others like me, to be introduced to his work.
My favorite sections of photos are his atmosphere and international gallery. He makes it easy to view with an image and the location or clever title down on the bottom right hand corner.
Besides his more "worldly" images, his photos aren't necessarily "newsworthy" since there aren't even captions on any photo to explain when it was taken, the name of the celebrity or even why. But, like I noted before, I think a lot of his photos are for aesthetic value. It could also depend on the viewer. Some may appreciate the "story" behind a profile picture. I suppose this is why he has 8 categories to browse though. Variety is good.
[LR] for Electronic Photojournalism at Mizzou
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