To support my work, open calls and publicity I built a web site. I already had a OCA blog, and built a website in March 2024 to host my work for a wider audience: https://nikisouth.myportfolio.com/home.

I built it using Adobe portfolio, so with no annual fee for a domain name and after a few days of research and trials I achieved what I wanted to. It is simple to refresh e.g. my portfolio, bio, CV.

I am aware that my website is a first landing place and should look professional for interested in my work and considered:

Content:

• It has a landing page
• About page: With my bio
• Portfolio page: one for my major project What Lies Beneath and 1 for an earlier work Brexit. Both include introductions to my work.
• Contact page

Visual strength, I considered: 

• Considered typeface
• Layout
• Colours/tones
• Navigability is simple and obvious.
• I checked how my website looks on a variety of devices.

All peer reviewed and spent time looking at other photographers’ websites;  I believe it stands up well against other photographers websites.

As I do not intend to sell my book it will not be encompassed on the website for sale- though in the future I may mention that artist talks are available with a personal showing of the work in a book.

Apparently I can get Get Google Analytics (free) on my site to see where people are visiting from, what content is popular, what search terms people use to discover your site, how people move around the site. I need to look into this.

LO2 coherently present a body of work, making creative presentation decisions that complement your subject and/or your artistic strategies.