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By: David

David — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:29:23 +0000

Ron, you’re right about his images, and I think most of the commenters – the ones that got through the clunky website navigation – think highly of Follmi’s talent. But I was trying to show students this site and it took forever to figure out the navigation, so clearly there’s an issue. In fact there’re two different issues here, separate from the obvious quality of his images – one is the dust spots – which are just so glaring I’m still in shock. The other is the website. Follmi is a great photographer and from what he’s written I deduce he’s a really decent human being. But this blog aims to educate and inspire on presentation and marketing issues related to photography, as well as the actual images. And like a bad framing job detracts from a good image, so does a bad website – or worse, one that is so difficult to navigate that people give up and never give the images a chance to speak for themselves.

Mr. Follmi, if you’re out there reading, know that we love your work. We’re just not sure about the website or the dust spots.

By: Ron Carroll

Ron Carroll — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:37:37 +0000

Well, while I agree about the dust spots, the rest of the comments here struck me as missing the point… I thought the images were quite moving, which, of course, is the whole point with photography. I suspect Follmi must have been trying to extend the emotional impact with his stylized presentation (the music, the butterfly, etc). I give him high marks for creativity and emotional punch. Yeah, the navigation is a little funky, but there is a logic to it. Bottom line… A great presentation. But hey, fix the dust spots.

By: R. Brown

R. Brown — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:01:22 +0000

I think the spots are intentional, perhaps to add to the image’s surrealistic qualities…like the spots that might swim before your eyes when you are lightheaded or dazed. Is there not a long history of valuing quirks and imperfections of particular photographic processes for their stylistic contributions to an image?

What causes the “bulls eye” rings with a dot in the middle? I’ve never seen that effect from sensor dust before.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:07:22 +0000

Here on my work PC (using Firefox) I can’t even enter the site. If I hover over or click “enter” the word changes color–that’s it!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:19:25 +0000

Maybe someone should direct him here? He could follow the butterfly.

By: Matt Brandon

Matt Brandon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:14:51 +0000

I am stunned. I have to agree with everyone on this. If your images can stand alone as his have been able to do, why do all the fluff? It makes no sense. His current site makes it almost impossible to get to the meat. I never did get to the images. What a website nightmare. I may have to take his link off my site unless this changes, soon.

By: Fabrice Herpain

Fabrice Herpain — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:12:26 +0000

Horrid website structure and amazingly poor quality of photo rendering (spots in the pic, artifacts in the Flash portions). It is worth looking at his other sites (done in collaboration with his wife) to see the type of pictures Olivier is capable of – http://www.follmispirit.com/

By: Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:17 +0000

Another comment of that has to be the worst website I have ever tried to navigate. If he thinks clients want to listen to classical music and watch the butterfly flit around while trying to find an actual picture to look at he is sadly out of touch.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:46:33 +0000

took me 30 seconds to see 1 photograph… Cmd + W