Website Critique #2
Posted by Matt Cloud
http://www.torgovnik.com/
Jonathan Torgovnik is a photographer is currently a Newsweek photographer. His best known work is "Bollywood," a look into the Indian motion picture industry and culture.
His website is very slick, with an entirely Flash based interface. Navigation is easy with the two navigation tool bars. His work is also well represented; playing at the index page as a slideshow, rotating in the background of text based pages such as the biography section, and of course in his portfolio page.
One of the things I like most about Mr. Torgonivik's site is the visual themes and elements that are found throughout his website. Besides the color/style scheme, the most prominent of these elements is the recurring use of a vertical yellow line. It is part of every Flash navigation and loading graphic. It's visual and striking, exactly the image a photographer should convey.
I found the interface to be quite intuitive. I also like how he divided up his site. It's not just the standard about/portfolio/contact, but has different sections for different types of work, expanded menus, and he lists his most ambitious work, Bollywood, in its own page.
I very much like Torgovnik's work, and the same can be said for his website.
