30 Beautiful Web Designs That Use Photos as Backgrounds - WebFX

30 Beautiful Web Designs That Use Photos as Backgrounds

William Craig

CEO & Co-Founder
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President of WebFX. Bill has over 25 years of experience in the Internet marketing industry specializing in SEO, UX, information architecture, marketing automation and more. William’s background in scientific computing and education from Shippensburg and MIT provided the foundation for MarketingCloudFX and other key research and development projects at WebFX.

Using large photographs as the background of a website’s layout can be a quick and easy way to make it unforgettable. In this web design showcase aimed to get your creative juices flowing, you’ll discover some gorgeous sites that use photos of people, landscapes, objects and more as their backgrounds.

1. The Papermill

2. SALT SURF

3. FiftyThree

4. Twenty8Twelve

Photo background example: Twenty8Twelve

5. The Kitchen Community

6. Circles

7. Jason Miller Studio

8. Encandle

9. A Book of Beards

10. Archikon

11. Healing Histories

12. The Old Barber Shop

13. Mathias Sterner

14. Spring/Summer

15. Blind Barber

16. Beg Bicycles

17. Banger’s

18. Epic Discovery

Photo background example: Epic Discovery

19. Hiut Denim

20. Whitmans

21. Onside Sports Agency

Photo background example: Onside Sports Agency

22. Locals Apparel

Photo background example: Locals Apparel

23. Minerva

Photo background example: Minerva

24. Friendly Gents

Photo background example: Friendly Gents

25. The NoMad Hotel

26. Fueld Films

Photo background example: Fueld Films

27. Pure Pleasure Design

28. Royale

29. Whiteboard

30. Cappellos

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President of WebFX. Bill has over 25 years of experience in the Internet marketing industry specializing in SEO, UX, information architecture, marketing automation and more. William’s background in scientific computing and education from Shippensburg and MIT provided the foundation for MarketingCloudFX and other key research and development projects at WebFX.
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