Neil Bedford · 2026
Neil
Bedford
A full-screen portfolio that lets Neil Bedford’s photography do the talking.
- WordPress build
- Front-end development
- Performance
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About the project
Portraits of the people shaping fashion, music and sport.
Neil Bedford is a photographer whose work spans fashion, music, sport and advertising. Official photographer to Kasabian since 2011, he has photographed Kobe Bryant, Lionel Messi, David Beckham, Pharrell Williams and Willem Dafoe, with work published in British Vogue, British GQ and Kinfolk, and clients including C.P. Company, Burberry, Nike and Apple.
- Client
- Neil Bedford
- Date
- October 2026
- Category
- Build, WordPress
- Website
- Visit live site
The brief
A portfolio that gets out of the way of the work.
Neil needed a new website that puts his photography first: big, bold and immediate on any screen, quick to browse across more than 50 projects, and simple for him to keep up to date as new commissions are published.
- 01Bespoke WordPress theme
- 02Full-screen homepage slideshow
- 03Index of 50+ projects
- 04Keyboard, swipe and arrow navigation
- 05Responsive, lazy-loaded WebP images
- 06Instant page loads with prerendering
The build
Fast to browse.
Simple to update.
Useful Digital built a bespoke WordPress theme around full-bleed imagery. Splide powers the homepage and project slideshows, with GSAP adding motion, and every gallery can be browsed with the keyboard, by swiping or with the on-screen arrows. Images are served as WebP at the right size for each screen and only loaded when needed, while speculative prerendering and view transitions make moving between projects feel instant.