Photo Essay – Scott Murphy ⊙ Photographer

Time, Photographed

Long-exposure photograph of the Roue de Paris at dusk, with the Ferris wheel turning and its lights forming circular trails.

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.

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.

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.