Scott Murphy

I See a Red Door

A Bristol doorway turns a familiar lyric into street-text: part joke, part threshold, part urban colour study.

Under Montréal

Long-exposure colour photograph of a train blurring past the Champ-de-Mars platform in the Montréal Métro, viewed from the platform entrance at the bottom of the stairs.

A photo essay from the Montréal Métro, where colour, motion, tiled surfaces, and human scale turn underground infrastructure into a study of daily passage.

Patience at the Water’s Edge

Black and white photograph of an adult swan swimming among reeds with three cygnets, two riding on its back and one beside it in the water.

A quiet Field Note from Kingston, where a managed stormwater pond becomes a neighbourhood habitat for swans, cygnets, and patient observation.

Palais de Tokyo

Figure standing before monumental metal doors at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

Monumental doors photographed at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris as part of the ongoing Door Studies series.

Upper Gap

A quiet evening beside Lake Ontario after completing my MA Photography final project. Photographed from Upper Gap using a 24-second exposure.

Islands of Light

Foggy night in the staff parking lot at Providence Care Hospital in Kingston, Ontario, with streetlights glowing through mist and a single parked car.

A foggy night transforms an ordinary parking lot into a cinematic scene of glowing streetlights, reflections, and quiet isolation.

I must confess that I haven’t been out shooting much these past weeks. The cold settled in, the snow kept coming, and the days seemed to contract around that reality. Recently, though, I’ve reenergized myself and returned to exploring the Rideau Canal shorelines once again. Yesterday I made my way back to Upper Brewers Lockstation.Continue reading “Still Light”

True Stray: Specimen B/13•B/21

An overturned shopping cart frozen at the edge of a river in winter, partially embedded in ice, with smooth long exposure water surrounding it and a rail bridge visible in the background.

A field note informed by Julian Montague’s taxonomy of stray shopping carts. An overturned cart at the river’s edge is examined as a Class B True Stray, shaped first by human intervention and later by water, ice, and time.

Under London

Smaller escalators at Canary Wharf Station.

The Jubilee Line reveals London’s Underground as a series of grand public spaces where infrastructure becomes experience. From Westminster to Canary Wharf, these photographs trace moments of stillness within movement, exploring how concrete, steel, and light shape the act of passing through the city.

Named Featured Artist: Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health

A black and white promotional graphic announcing Colonel (Retired) Scott Murphy as the Featured Artist for JMVFH 11.5, showing a self-portrait on the left and a silhouetted figure walking through a tunnel on the right.

I’m honoured to be named a Featured Artist in JMVFH 11.5. This recognition builds on the earlier cover announcement and highlights the story and intention behind the work I created during my transition from military service. Grateful to CIMVHR for the opportunity to contribute.