"Doorstep to Doorstep" explores the physical and emotional impacts of labour on the body. With this project I collaborated with essential workers creating a series of environmental portraits using black and white film photography. "Doorstep to Doorstep" is my first film photography project, and culminated in my first artist residency and solo exhibition at Gallery 44 (Toronto).
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Blog 84 : Pandemic Gardens (Part Five)
Élise pulls out a bag of soil and transplants her coleus into a bigger pot. Her glasses slip down her nose as she focuses on the task. As she moves around the balcony, I photograph a quiet calm in her, a direct impact of Élise's garden on her mental health.
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Blog 84 : Pandemic Gardens (Part Four)
Flavie's free and open spirit is reflected in how they approach their garden; they encourage things to grow where they fall, and embrace the mixture of flavours that result from this interconnectivity beyond the stereotypical pairing of tomatoes and basil. Together we make some portraits together in their backyard garden.
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Blog 84 : Pandemic Gardens (Part Three)
Kristen welcomes me into the collective garden and I'm transported from the busy borough of Point-Saint-Charles in Montreal to a lush vegetable garden oasis. An important aspect of Kristen's mental health is her engagement with socio-political issues, and taking power over her food is one way to achieve food autonomy.
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Blog 84 : Pandemic Gardens (Part Two)
As I photograph Leh, she slowly moves around her garden with her green watering can, listening to the needs of each plant before carrying on. Seeing her body relax spending time surrounded by growing things, I can see how time spent in her garden is good for Leh's mental health.
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Blog 84 : Pandemic Gardens (Part One)
Hashmita moves around the balcony, watering her plants with care and tenderness, a morning routine she's developed to anchor her mental health in the middle of a loud city and a worldwide pandemic. This pandemic photo project about gardens and mental health is the first in a five-part photo series.
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Blog 80 : Fall Photo Essay
Here’s the seventh assignment from the Creative Potential Photo Club. A photo essay gives photographers an opportunity to share a story through a series of images. You can also think of it as visual storytelling. Much like a written story, a visual story should be comprised of different elements.
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Blog 70 : Kitchen Sink Portraits Series
I’m launching a series of portraits of people beside their kitchen sinks. With this series, I’m curious to explore what others have to say about their kitchens, their sinks, and the way their lives are reflected in this part of their home. Photos by Montreal photographer Selena Phillips-Boyle.
Read More64 : Energy Management
This post explores the idea of topping up the potential energy in our systems with the fuel of self-care. I'll be speaking to my fellow photographers, but I hope the ideas and concepts can be easily applied to the lives of my artist and writer pals in other fields too.
Read More52 : Newsletter (March 2018)
In January 2017 I launched an email newsletter with the goal of actively communicating my professional and personal projects. Today I pull out the defibrillator and bring this newsletter back to life. In this Life by Selena Photography blog post I share with you my March 2018 newsletter.
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39 : My Papa
For me, being a photographer is a way of interacting with the world. A way of processing what’s going on around me. Sitting with my Grannie at the hospital beside my dying Papa, photographing those moments allowed me to process the fact that he would not be there much longer.
Read More1 : bonjour
This blog aims to dive beneath the surface of a few glossy magazine photos to share the stories and layers underneath.
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