Rideau Canal – Scott Murphy ⊙ Photographer

Published in Source Graduate Photography Online 2026

Eight photographs from my MA project, The Straight Way Lost, are published in Source Graduate Photography Online 2026 alongside work by graduating photographers from programmes across the UK and Ireland.

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.

Still Light

A winter river at dusk with snow along the banks and bare trees reflected in still, partially frozen water. The low sun glows through thin cloud, and the sky remains light at 4:30 pm.

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”

First Ice – Haskin’s Point

Metal staircase leading into thin ice on the Rideau Canal at Haskin’s Point, Seeley’s Bay, photographed in winter.

Early winter stillness settles across Haskin’s Point as the Canal begins to freeze. A mindful observation of changing seasons and inner recovery, part of Meditations on the Rideau, exploring the landscape as a place of transition and healing.

Happy Accidents

Historic stone mill on the Rideau Canal captured as a pinhole photograph

A soft, imperfect pinhole photograph of Watson’s Mill became an unexpected favourite. A moment where the past and present briefly coexist, a happy accident.

Published in Rideau Reflections, Friends of the Rideau Newsletter

My Meditations on the Rideau project is featured in Rideau Rflections, the Friends of the Rideau newsletter, highlighting my analog photographic approach to the waterway.

First Snow, Open Water – Jones Falls

Medium-format digital photograph of the Lockstation at Jones Falls on the Rideau Canal, high detail in snow and water reflections, converted to black and white.

A quiet afternoon at Jones Falls, where the first snowfall had settled but the water remained open. Two long pinhole exposures, upstream and downstream, capturing stillness in the shoulder season along the Rideau Canal.