Show your work to the people you choose.
For artists, photographers, designers, writers, and students who need a middle ground between a public website and a forwarded file link.
Controlled sharing · feedback built in
Most people share a portfolio through a public website or a file-share link. The website shows it to everyone, and the link gets forwarded.
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Public website or nothing
There's no easy way to show work to a few people and keep it from everyone else.
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File-share links get forwarded
Once the link is sent, you can't tell who else has it.
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PDFs make a poor gallery
They're awkward to page through, especially on a phone.
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Feedback gets lost in email
There's no way to collect comments on a specific piece.
What a shelf does.
Gallery view
Photography, design, and art shown in a grid, with a lightbox for each piece.
Selective sharing
Invite specific people to view your portfolio without making it public.
Custom branding
Add your logo and brand colors to the pages your viewers see.
Feedback in context
Viewers open each piece at full size, and a reviewer you invite leaves feedback on the piece it's about.
Many formats
Images and PDFs can sit on the same shelf.
Artists, photographers, designers, writers, students.
Artists sharing work with galleries or clients. Photographers presenting proofs for selection. Designers showing concepts to stakeholders. Writers sharing manuscripts with agents. Students presenting thesis or project work.
Free — run a small call
100 submissions a year, 5 readers per shelf, unlimited shelves. The reading room and the free Mac app.
Standard — a program, a journal, a studio
Up to 1,000 submissions a year. Unlimited shelves and readers. 25 GB storage. Exports and reporting. Billed once a year.
Organization — several programs
Up to 5,000 submissions a year. Custom branding, your own storage bucket, priority support. Billed once a year.
Priced by the submissions you take in each year. Nonprofit discounts on request; for larger programs and institutions, talk to us.