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Category Archives: Door Studies

Suspicious Smear

White commercial door left partly open beside a private parking sign, with a dark brown smear across the centre of the door.

An ordinary commercial door in a Kingston alley becomes unexpectedly unsettling through a brown smear, a half-open threshold, and the darkness beyond.

Posted byScott MurphyOctober 31, 2026October 31, 2026Posted inDoor StudiesTags:Door, Door Studies, found scene, Hasselblad X2D II 100C, Hasselblad XCD 45P/4, liminal space, Urban PhotographyLeave a comment on Suspicious Smear

In Bruges

Red door in a historic brick facade reflected in a canal in Bruges, Belgium.

I first became curious about Bruges through the film In Bruges (a dark-comedy favourite), and travelled there alone in 2019 for a few days of photography. It became a kind of escape, wandering the old city and its canals without much of a plan. This canal-facing door was just around the corner from my hotel.Continue reading “In Bruges”

Posted byScott MurphyOctober 14, 2026October 31, 2026Posted inDoor Studies, Photo StudyLeave a comment on In Bruges

No Deliveries Through This Door

Grey metal service door in a Kingston alley beside hand-painted words reading “NO DELIVERIES THROUGH THIS DOOR.”

A grey service door in a Kingston alley beside a hand-painted warning: “NO DELIVERIES THROUGH THIS DOOR.”

Posted byScott MurphySeptember 9, 2026October 14, 2026Posted inDoor Studies, Photo StudyTags:#ygk, found text, grafitti, Hasselblad X2D 100C II, Kingston, public space, Urban PhotographyLeave a comment on No Deliveries Through This Door

I See a Red Door

A black door in Bristol, UK, painted with pink text reading “I see a red door and I want it painted black,” set between white-painted brick with turquoise graffiti and pale brickwork.

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

Posted byScott MurphyMay 30, 2026September 9, 2026Posted inDoor Studies, Photo StudyTags:architectural detail, Bristol, colour, Door, Door Studies, found text, grafitti, Rolling Stones, street art, threshold, UK, Urban PhotographyLeave a comment on I See a Red Door

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.

Posted byScott MurphyMay 13, 2026September 9, 2026Posted inDoor Studies, Photo StudyTags:Architecture, City at Night, Door, Door Studies, Paris, Self-PortraitLeave a comment on Palais de Tokyo
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