There was a gap in my postings. I am sorry for that. The reason was that I had to quickly create a portfolio for a store. The assignment included photographs of the store and a design of several pages (PDF format).
So far I just made a draft of the portfolio, but the client (Pierre Lupesco, the owner of ELSE Gallery) is already happy to see the current progress. The image above shows the second page of the portfolio.
The previous portfolio of the store was too busy; and it was hard to digest what it presented. So in my version I tried to retain simplicity with the business style. The left margin hopefuly creates the base for the page and has the facade of the store. More like a constant reminder of what it is about. The rest of the page is quite standard, except the shadows to the text and the images. I like that floating effect. The shadows somewhat separate the content from the page layout and create a lighter feel (in my opinion).
When I was taking the photographs, my goal was to interestingly present the prodcuts (clothing and accesories) and give the overal sense of the store. Two major conditions I kept in mind: (1) keep the walls straight up and (2) find better angles to draw the eye into the photograph and make it not that boring.