Tarntipi is an extended project and collaboration arising from the photographer’s commitment to documenting the vision that the Tiwi Elder Teddy (Edward) Portaminni held for his camp on Bathurst Island. Centring on Teddy’s Ancestral Country (Tarntipi), the photographs trace the development of a Tiwi-led business (devised for the purpose of facilitating cultural education), and the connection NWH developed and shares with Teddy, his family and their lands.

The depth of this connection was celebrated with a photographic exhibition at Magnet Galleries Melbourne in November 2024. Extending to a maquette, co-authored publication, and a workshop conceived with the intention of imparting strategies for cross-cultural communication, the exhibition event marked the most recent outcome of a collaboration extending back to 2015. In detailing both the photographer’s transformative experience of Country, and the enduring nature of the ties that Teddy and family share with their lands, the exhibition served to highlight the importance of cross-cultural relationships and culture. More information about the exhibition is available here.