Billy Hickey Photography

Billy Hickey is a nature photographer from Massachusetts. 

In his personal work Billy makes stories about the intersections of the natural and human worlds covering topics such as falconry, light pollution, fireflies, and goats.

Billy’s passion is learning about nature and sharing its wonders through photography with the hope to educate and inspire.

In 2020 he graduated from the International Center of Photography and his project “How We Were” won first place in Lensculture’s Black and White Photography Awards. 

Billy’s work has been featured in the Eastern Mass. Hawkwatch’s Newsletter, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. 

From Spring 2023 until Spring 2024, he was an Artist-in-Residence at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. During this time Billy made An Uncommon Inheritance which looks at the ecosystem formed in the Cemetery that is shared by human, animals, plant, and fungus alike.

He is based in Arlington, Massachusetts, available for assignments around New England.

You can learn more about him by subscribing to Billy’s Newsletter or by saying hi:

billyhickeyphoto@gmail.com