Photography | Editorial
Poetic photography meets editorial longing
Scope
An intimate gallery for post-love rituals. We designed a site that feels like wandering through midnight corridors—frost-touched, literary, and achingly beautiful.
Visual Identity
Color story
Midnight ink, frost lavender, silver grain
A palette borrowed from winter nights and analog film stock.
Type system
Serif devotion meets sans precision
High-contrast editorial serif for poetry, paired with subtle sans for navigation.
Image treatment
Grain overlays and gentle vignettes
Every photograph carries the texture of analog memories and soft-focus longing.
Process
This wasn't a typical portfolio. We treated the site like a visual novel—each scroll reveals fragments of stories told through Istanbul's tides and Sofia's alleys.
The copy reads like late-night letters. We collaborated on tone to ensure every word felt handwritten, intimate, and unapologetically sentimental.
Built in Next.js for performance without sacrificing atmosphere. Images are optimized but retain their grain. Transitions are slow, intentional, almost cinematic.
Timeline
Discovery
Mood and narrative
Design
Layout and typography
Build
Next.js implementation
Deliverables
Key Moments
Gallery mosaic
Full-width photography grid with staggered rhythm, each image carrying location and poetic caption.
Poetic overlays
Text blocks that appear like margin notes, offering fragments of the story behind each frame.
Commission invitation
A tender CTA encouraging visitors to share their unfinished chapters for custom commissions.
Impact
Client voice
“It's like a novel I can't stop reading. Every frame feels like it carries a story I almost remember.”
Anonymous visitor
Gallery comment
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