Nicholas Walton-Healey is a freelance documentary photographer celebrating defiant expressions of connection and freedom. Nicholas discovered his passion for photography through the literary arts, this relationship culminating in Land Before Lines (Hunter Publishers, 2014); a book featuring an extended suite of portraits depicting poets from the Victorian state’s poetry community and an accompanying suite of poems written by each subject in response to their image. The photographer’s passion for community-engaged work surfaced during his BA (photography) Degree at RMIT University in Melbourne (2011-2013), where he was invited to document a photography workshop facilitated in some of Darwin’s so-called ‘town-camp’ communities. This experience inspired an ongoing relationship with The Territory, with the photographer undertaking numerous and extended personal and professional projects in Darwin and on Bathurst Island.
In addition to his exhibitions and publications (listed below), Nicholas further extends his practice through various commissions and commercial assignments. His client-list extends to include organisations and agencies as diverse as ANAT (the Australian Network for Art & Technology), ANZCA (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists), Grey Melbourne, Hachette Australia, Star Health and The NT Lived Experience Network (amongst others).
Assignment enquiries can be directed to: hello[at]nwhphoto.com
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2024 Tarntipi
Magnet Galleries Melbourne, VIC
2023 Salt Frames
Gallery, Library at The Dock, Melbourne, VIC
2022 Where Blood Comes From
15 Mile Community, Palmerston, NT
2019 Encountering People, Places and Things
The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne, VIC
2018 The Disassembly Line
The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne, VIC
2018 Tarntipi: Teaching, Learning and Understanding Tiwi Culture
Aboriginal Bush Traders, Darwin, NT
2018 Territories
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2017 Home Truths: Portrait Exhibition
Knowledge Market, Melbourne, VIC
2016 The Disassembly Line
Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Land Before Lines
Manning Clarke House, Canberra, ACT
2014 Land Before Lines
Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne, VIC
2013 The Eleventh Hour
Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
2013 Fox Breath
Community Hall, Raglan, VIC
2013 (UN)NATURAL
First Site Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Sleeping Beauty
Tacit Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC -
SELECT PRESS & FEATURE PUBLICATIONS
2024 Race to capture memories of Upfield path before it is gone
FEATURE > BRUNSWICK VOICE - Mark Phillips
2023 On Nightcliff
INSPIRATION FEATURE > Photo Review #97 (Sep-Nov) - Don Norris
2023 Salt Frames
PROJECT FEATURE > PHOTO COLLECTIVE
2023 Salt Frames
EXHIBITION REVIEW > WOTWEDID - Doug Spowart & Victoria Cooper
2021 Above The Water
FEATURE > Photo Collective Stories Annual
2020 The Disassembly Line
FEATURE > Photo Collective Stories Journal
2020 House of Ghosts
NOMINATION > BEST ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOKS 2020
2020 The Disassembly Line
ANALYSIS > ANZ JOURNAL OF ART - Grace McQuilten
2020 House of Ghosts
FEATURE > BETA developments in photography #36 (July)
2018 Tarntipi
EXHIBITION PREVIEW > NT NEWS - Chelsea Heaney
2015 Land Before Lines
BOOK REVIEW > MASCARA LITERARY REVIEW - Aden Rolfe
2014 Where Blood Comes From
ESSAY & FEATURE > Westerly: 59:1, p.92-103
2014 Land Before Lines
BOOK REVIEW > THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - Geoff Page
2014 Land Before Lines
BOOK REVIEW > CORDITE POETRY REVIEW - A. J. Carruthers
2014 Land Before Lines
INTERVIEW > CORDITE POETRY REVIEW - with Jacinta Le Plastrier
2013 Land Before Lines
GALLERY FEATURE > Meanjin: 72: 3, p.138-158
2012 Fox Breath
GALLERY FEATURE > Meanjin: 71: 2, p.112-120
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SELECT AWARD PLACEMENTS
2022 SEMI-FINALIST > Landscape Awards
HEAD-ON PHOTO AWARDS
2021 SHORTLIST > Above The Water
STORIES AWARD, AUSTRALIAN PHOTO COLLECTIVE
2021 FINALIST > DOCUMENTARY CATAGORY > Cookey
AUSTRALASIA’S TOP EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS, CAPTURE MAGAZINE
2020 SHORTLIST > The Disassembly Line
STORIES AWARD, AUSTRALIAN PHOTO COLLECTIVE