A little roadside intervention, a reflective red nose, and a reminder that the world could use more whimsy.
Author Archives: Scott Murphy
Time, Photographed
Long exposure photography is more than a slow shutter speed. Through photographs made in Paris, London, Montréal, Lake Ontario, and Kingston, this essay explores how time, movement and perception can transform a scene, from light trails and softened water to ghosted crowds and abstraction.
I Spy Little Eyes
Once I noticed the first pair, I started seeing them everywhere: googly eyes on fire hydrants, walls, and bits of street furniture, turning city walks into a small scavenger hunt.
Crowd Control
A Field Note on photographing the Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre, using long exposure to turn a crowded museum encounter into an image of time, movement, and human presence.
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
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
A quiet Field Note from Kingston, where a managed stormwater pond becomes a neighbourhood habitat for swans, cygnets, and patient observation.
MA Photography with Distinction, Falmouth University
I completed my MA in Photography at Falmouth University with Distinction. The degree culminated in The Straight Way Lost, a photographic project exploring disorientation, identity, landscape, mapping, and sequence.
Palais de Tokyo
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.
