Nicholas Walton-Healey is an art and documentary photographer whose work celebrates creative expressions of connection and freedom. After ‘discovering’ photography during the final stages of his first degree, Walton-Healey completed a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) at RMIT University (2010–2013), 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. This commitment to collaborative, community-based storytelling also led Walton-Healey to the Northern Territory, where he developed several projects, one of which involved him alongside a Tiwi Elder and cultural educator and exhibited at Magnet Galleries Melbourne in 2024.
In addition to his personal projects and exhibitions, Nicholas has undertaken numerous commissions across the arts, health, and community sectors. His clients include the Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT), the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA), First Step Program, Grey Melbourne, Star Health, and the NT Lived Experience Network, among others.
Assignment enquiries can be directed to: hello[at]nwhphoto.com
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2025 Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
The Blender Studios, Melbourne VIC * Forthcoming2024 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