58 Best Squarespace Photography Website Examples

John Siciliano
Has affiliate links Published 2/4/2024 Updated 8/16/2026

At first glance, this grid looks muted. Not dark, not white, but somewhere in the middle. I ran the best Squarespace photography websites through Claude. Mid-grey backgrounds show up here far more than across the rest of the gallery. Grey lets the photos set the mood instead of the page behind them. So put your time into the images themselves, not the background, and use the examples below to see how that trade plays out.

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Design Data

The colors, fonts, and layout choices used across 58 Squarespace photography websites.

5 Navigation links median across 54 sites

Background color

How dark or light the page background is (background luminance).

  • White / near white 51.7% (30)
  • Mid-tone 17.2% (10)
  • Light 15.5% (9)
  • Black / near black 10.3% (6)
  • Dark 5.2% (3)

Accent color

The color of each site's primary button, measured from its code (accent hue family).

  • Black, white & gray 35.5% (11)
  • Amber / orange 25.8% (8)
  • Red 16.1% (5)
  • Pink 9.7% (3)
  • Teal / cyan 6.5% (2)
  • Green 3.2% (1)
  • Blue 3.2% (1)

Hero layout

How the top section arranges its headline and imagery.

  • Text over a full-width image 32.4% (11)
  • Asymmetric 26.5% (9)
  • Text above full-width media 26.5% (9)
  • Centered text 8.8% (3)
  • Text left, image right 5.9% (2)

Hero imagery

The kind of visual the top section leads with.

  • Photography 89.7% (52)
  • No imagery 8.6% (5)
  • Product screenshot 1.7% (1)

Color intensity

How colorful the palette is, from black-and-white to bold color (saturation).

  • Soft, muted color 56.9% (33)
  • Black & white 25.9% (15)
  • Bold, vivid color 17.2% (10)

Percentages are the share of sites where each trait could be measured, with counts in parentheses. Last updated August 2026.

The best Squarespace photography website examples lead with the photograph, not the layout

Hero media is photo-based on 89.7% of these sites, against 64.1% across the whole gallery. That gap is the clearest signal on the page: photographers building on Squarespace treat the hero slot as a portfolio placement, not a marketing banner. Deborah Fischman PhotographyPortrait photography studio website — elegant, light serif typography design in soft whites and maroons. "Newborn, Maternity, Kids and Families", Island Life HH PhotographyHilton Head Island photography website — clean, coastal-inspired design in white, charcoal, and gold. "Island Life HH Photography", and Kayla Raquel PhotographyBrand photography website — elegant, feminine, editorial design in forest green, terracotta, and cream. "NOW YOU CAN LOOK LIKE A LUXURY BRAND EVEN IF YOU'RE WORKING FROM YOUR KITCHEN TABLE." all open with a full photography-led hero and nothing else competing for attention. Only a handful of sites, like 12 VuesTravel publishing website — minimalist, editorial serif and sans-serif design in light gray and gold. "GUIDES DE VOYAGE PHOTOGRAPHIQUES", opt for a text-only opening instead, and product mockups barely register at 1.7%. For anyone designing in this niche, the lesson is direct: the image is the pitch, and any hero treatment that buries it under heavy copy or graphic device is working against the norm.

Mid-tone backgrounds show up twice as often here as elsewhere

Mid-luminance backgrounds appear on 17.2% of these sites, more than double the 7.8% rate across the broader gallery. Syringa Studios PhotographyNewborn and baby photography website — artistic, moody design in dusty rose, cream, and peach. "Newborn and Baby Photographer located in Salmon, Idaho.", Bryan Avigne PhotographyProfessional photography website — moody, editorial-style design in black, white, and aqua. "Wedding | Engagement | Maternity | Baby | Family | Architectural & Interior Design", Corvid Blue StudioMinimal, moody Pacific Northwest photography website with clean, editorial typography and a dramatic landscape hero image. "CORVID BLUE", and Johann KimAutomotive photography portfolio website — minimal, dark, typographic design in black and white. "JOHANN KIM" all sit in this mid-tone band, using it to frame photography without the stark contrast of pure white or black. This isn’t a large slice of the page (10 sites), but it’s disproportionate enough to matter: a mid-tone canvas reads as a deliberate choice to let color and skin tones in the photos hold the contrast, rather than competing with a stark white or black frame. Builders chasing a gallery-first feel can treat mid-luminance backgrounds as a legitimate third option alongside the more common near-white and light bands, which together still cover the majority of sites (near_white at 51.7%, light at 15.5%).

Monospace type is entirely absent

Body copy set in a monospace face doesn’t appear once on this page, a full drop from the already-marginal 0.8% seen gallery-wide. Sans body text dominates instead, at 93.1%, with serif making up the rest at 6.9%. Sites like 2 Saints PhotographyConcert photography website — editorial, typographic design in warm cream and navy. "2SAINTS", Danielle DeBernardoFeminine health and fitness coaching website with warm, editorial typography design in off-white, blush, and black. "I'M DANIELLE.", and Kimmie W PhotographyNewborn photography website — minimal, warm, and typographically clean design in white, black, and gray. "BROOKLYN NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER" all pair sans body copy with photography-led heroes, while 12 VuesTravel publishing website — minimalist, editorial serif and sans-serif design in light gray and gold. "GUIDES DE VOYAGE PHOTOGRAPHIQUES" is one of the few to run serif type throughout. The takeaway for anyone building a photography site on Squarespace: reach for a sans or serif body face and skip monospace entirely, since it has no presence in this niche’s visual language.