Samuel Martínez

Design / Desktop & mobile

The work, on screen.

samuelmtnez.com

01 / The idea

What this needed to solve.

Give photography and film enough presence to be judged on their own, while making the move from a selection to an individual project feel straightforward.

Portraits, wide photographs and films do not fit one uniform frame. The interface needed a consistent rhythm without flattening their different proportions or loading every project at once.

02 / The process

How it took shape.

1. 01

   Edit the selection

   Organized the supplied photography and film into project collections, choosing covers and an order that introduce the work before the interface.

2. 02

   Respect the image

   Composed portrait and landscape work with their own proportions, then added gallery and detail views without changing the photographic framing.

3. 03

   Separate the media

   Used ImageKit for responsive photographs and covers, and YouTube for full films, adapting the presentation to each medium rather than treating them as interchangeable files.

4. 04

   Publish the reading experience

   Built the public portfolio as a static, bilingual website and refined project navigation across desktop and mobile. Editorial administration remained separate from the public release.

The system / Information architecture

One project, different media

A project connects its cover, photographic sequence and film through one editorial record. The public website presents the work; it does not expose the private editing workflow.

Scope / Craft

My contribution.

Website design and implementation by Santiago Quiceno. Photography and the featured productions are credited to Samuel Martínez and their respective collaborators.