Photographer Nicholas Walton-Healey

Photo by Mark Galer


Nicholas Walton-Healey (b. 1986) is an art and documentary photographer whose work celebrates creative expressions of connection and freedom. After discovering photography during the final years of his creative writing degree, Walton-Healey completed a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) at RMIT University (2011-2013), refining both his technical skills and conceptual approach.

Driven by a desire to engage deeply with people and place, Walton-Healey conceived and completed Land Before Lines — an extended portrait series of poets from the photographer’s home state of Victoria (published and exhibited in 2014). His passion for collaborative, community-based storytelling then led to the Northern Territory, where he connected with two Indigenous communities in Darwin, before also beginning a long-term project working with an Elder and cultural educator on the Tiwi Islands. 

Walton-Healey has since focussed on strengthening his connection to his home and birth city - Naarm/Melbourne. In addition to his most recent exhibition and book - Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River (2025) - this pursuit has further extended through assignments received from The Merri-bek Council (The Line: Through Brunswick) and an aged care home in Footscray (The West).

These add to the list of the photographer’s commissions across the arts, health and community sectors. This includes assignments and partnerships with ANAT (the Australian Network for Art & Technology), ANZCA (the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists), First Step Program, Grey Melbourne, the NT Lived Experience Network, Star Health and the Yarra Riverkeepers Association (among others).

Please direct enquiries to:

hello[at]nwhphoto.com

EXHIBITIONS

  • SOLO


    2025      Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
    The Blender Studios, Melbourne VIC

    2024      Tarntipi
    Magnet Galleries Melbourne VIC

    2023      Salt Frames
    Gallery, Library at The Dock, Melbourne VIC

    2016      The Disassembly Line
    Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC

    2014      Land Before Lines
    Gallery, Manning Clark House, Canberra ACT

    2014      Land Before Lines
    Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne VIC

    2011 Fox Breath
    Raglan Community Hall, Raglan VIC

  • GROUP


    2025      Lost in Translation: Group Art Exhibition
    The Store, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne VIC

    2023 Mirror: New Views on Photography
    State Library of Victoria, Melbourne VIC

    2018      The Work of Art: An Exhibition of Art, Labour and Working Life
    The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC

    2018      Territories
    Pingyao International Photography Festival, China

    2013      The Eleventh Hour: BA (Photography) Grad Show
    Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC

    2013      (UN)NATURAL
    First Site Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC

    2011      Sleeping Beauty / Phantasy and Reality
    Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne VIC

  • COMISSIONED


    2026      The Line: Through Brunswick
    * details forthcoming

    2019      Encountering People, Places and Things
    The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC

    2018      Tarntipi: Teaching, Learning and Understanding Tiwi Culture
    Aboriginal Bush Traders, Darwin NT

    2017      Home Truths: Portrait Exhibition
    Knowledge Market, Melbourne VIC

PRESS, PLACEMENTS & PANELS

  • PRESS


    2025      EP112: The Camera Life Podcast

    2024      EP40: The Camera Life Podcast

    2024      Interview with Mark Phillips
    The Brunswick Voice

    2023      On Nightcliff: project feature by Don Norris
    Photo Review

    2023      Salt Frames: project feature
    Photo Collective

    2020      Analysis of The Disassembly Line by Grace McQuilten
    Australian & New Zealand Journal of Art

    2018 Tarntipi Exhibition Preview by Chelsea Heaney
    NT NEWS

  • AWARD PLACEMENTS


    2022      Semi-Finalist: Landscape Genre
    Head-On Photo Awards

    2021      Shortlist: Above The Water
    STORIES AWARD, Photo Collective

    2021     Finalist: Documentary Category
    EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARD, Capture Magazine

    2020      Shortlist: The Disassembly Line
    STORIES AWARD, Photo Collective

    2020 Nomination: House of Ghosts
    BEST ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOKS

  • PANELS


    2025     Unfinished Group: Photography Projections Night

    2024     Brunswick Community History Group

    2023      New Dialogues: Photo Collective
    Australian Photography Awards

    2022      Where Blood Comes From
    15 Mile Community, Palmerston NT

    2018 Art, Labour & Working Life
    The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne VIC