The hero shot on my first website was of an airplane junkyard. It was among dozens of photos I shot while living in Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Chicago. That site wasn’t a portfolio per se, it was more a response to the emerging ways people were representing themselves online.
My last proper portfolio was built as a PDF that I emailed to prospective employers. I would usually tailor the work for specific companies and narrate the pages during interviews. It always sparked discussions, giving companies a chance to learn about my personal style, and me about theirs.
This new portfolio website is designed to split the difference between a standalone overview of my work and a conversation about who I am. Each case study illustrates a project’s context, my approach to solving the problem, and the outcomes of the work. Most of the projects represented are team efforts, and I want to recognize the invaluable contributions made by my colleagues.
The sketches throughout the site are my own, used to represent project artifacts which could not be shared due to confidentiality or NDA (contact me to access password protected pages). Several of the hero shots are pulled from Unsplash, and attributions are on each page. (Except the hero on this page and for Comic Lovers – those are my own.) All content is copyright 2026 by Russell Flench. I hope you enjoy exploring my site, and please reach out to learn more.
I used WordPress as the site platform for its versatility and comprehensive service. The template for the site is called Smithland. Big thanks to Andrew Parrucci for guidance on setting up this kind of low-code / no-code website.
Russell Flench 