Scott Murphy is a Canadian fine art photographer and writer based in Kingston, Ontario. His work explores places, spaces, and the small details that can make ordinary scenes feel unfamiliar or newly significant. Working across digital and analog processes, he is increasingly interested in making photographs that convey something of an experience rather than simply describe what was there.
He completed an MA in Photography with Distinction at Falmouth University in 2026. His final project, The Straight Way Lost, used repeated walking and psychogeographic practice along the Rideau Canal to explore disorientation, place, and the relationship between photographs, maps, and sequence.
A retired RCAF Colonel and former search and rescue pilot, Murphy served for 30 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. His practice is also shaped by his experience of living with PTSD. Photography gives him a way to channel hypervigilance into sustained attention, helping him get out into the world, slow down, and notice moments he might otherwise miss. Through his photography, writing, and teaching, he is exploring how this way of seeing might help others reconnect with the world around them.
His work has been published and exhibited in academic, cultural, and community contexts, and he continues to develop photographic projects, essays, and educational programming.
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Education
MA Photography with Distinction, 2026
Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Fine Art Certificate, 2024
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Master of Defence Studies, 2011
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering), 1998
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada
Exhibitions
Undercurrent, 2027 (forthcoming)
Lightkeepers Collective group exhibition · Four Corners Gallery
London, UK
No Dress Rehearsal: A Hip Inspired Art Exhibition, 2026
Group exhibition, Art Noise
Kingston, Canada
LEGO Rebuild the World, 2022
Stuck In Plastic group exhibition
Billund, Denmark
LEGO World Celebrate, 2022
Stuck In Plastic group exhibition
Copenhagen, Denmark
Publications & Features
Source Graduate Photography Online, 2026
Eight-image selection from The Straight Way Lost
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 2026
Cover image, Vol. 12, Issue 4
Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 2025
Cover image and Featured Artist, Vol. 11, Issue 5
Affiliations
Canadian Association for Photographic Art
Updated October 2026.
