Semplice - Astro photography theme for BCMS
Semplice is a premium Astro photography theme paired with BCMS. Clean, restrained layouts for photographers, visual artists and image-led portfolio websites.
What Semplice is built for
Semplice is a paid Astro theme created by Lexington Themes, designed for photography and visual portfolios: photo essays, series and personal showcases. It is compatible with BCMS, so photographers can manage galleries, projects and captions through the CMS while keeping the design intact.
The theme is intentionally restrained: spacious image grids, quiet typography and project pages that make room for large visuals. It is a premium photography website starter, not a generic portfolio template trying to fit every creative category.
Who it is for
Photographers who need image-led project pages, gallery collections and fast media delivery.
Visual artists and creators who want a quiet website that does not compete with the work.
Small creative studios publishing shoots, campaigns, exhibitions or selected work over time.
Client-facing portfolios where polished presentation, image quality and load speed all matter.
Highlights
Image-first layouts - full-bleed hero sections, clean image grids and project pages built for visual storytelling.
Project collections - group photography series, campaigns or selected work into structured collections in BCMS.
Captions and context - add image descriptions, credits, locations and notes without hardcoding them in templates.
Fast media delivery - pair Astro's performance model with BCMS media management for responsive, production-ready galleries.
Journal ready - publish behind-the-scenes posts, exhibition notes or client stories alongside the work.
How Semplice works with BCMS
Semplice stores projects, image galleries, captions and journal entries in BCMS. That keeps the design polished while giving non-developers control over the work that changes most often: new shoots, new collections, image order, titles and metadata.
Because the content is structured, the same image and project data can power project pages, collection archives, SEO metadata and internal links. If you need extra fields such as location, client, year, camera, credits or exhibition notes, extend the BCMS templates and keep the frontend predictable. The Astro integration docs cover the setup.
Get the Semplice starter
Semplice is a paid theme. Buy a license through Lexington Themes (checkout handled by Polar), then scaffold the BCMS-ready project with our CLI:
npx @thebcms/cli lexington semplice
Connect it to your BCMS instance with an API key, deploy to Cloudflare Pages, Netlify or Vercel, and start publishing your visual work.
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