2025

• Winner of the Amateur category of the Wildflower Photographer of the Year 2025
  • The first Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition organised by The Eden Project and run in partnership with the Canary Wharf Group
• Exhibition at the Old Printworks April 2025
  • As part of the Stirchley Documentary Photography Course organised by the Prism Photography Network,  my photographs, featuring images of Stirchley and its people were part of the exhibition. This took place at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath, 6^th to 12th April, 2025.. 
• International Garden Photographer of the Year 2025
  • 2nd Place in the Wildflower Landscapes category.
• Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) 2025
  • Photography Prize shortlist 2025 and exhibited

2024

• Monovisions 2024
  • Honourable mention in Landscapes category.
• International Garden Photographer of the Year 2024
  • Highly commended in the Wildflower Landscapes category.

2023

• Landscape Photographer of the Year 2023
  • Highly commended in the category Cityscapes.
  • Commended in the category Cityscapes.
  • Published in the UKLOPTY 2023 book – Collection 16 and featured in Amateur Photographer.
    Floodgate Street included in touring exhibition of Network rail stations.
• Monovisions 2023
  • Honourable mention in Landscape Photography
• Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) 2023
  • Photography Prize shortlist 2023 and exhibited.

2022

• Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022
  • Commended in the category Urban Life
  • Published in the UKLPOTY 2022 book – Collection 15.
• Westside BID, Birmingham Calendar competition 2022
  • Overall Winner and featured for the month of April.

2021

• #Stormhour 2021
  • Picture of the month – Winner, November 2021
• Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) 2021
  • Photography Prize shortlist 2021 and exhibited.
• Monovisions 2021
  • Honourable mention in Landscape Photography
• Chromatic picture awards 2021
  • Honourable mention in Abstract Photography
• British Photographic Awards 2021
  • Shortlisted in Macro category
• RHS Photographic competition 2021
  • Shortlisted in Social Media category.
• Featured in Amateur Photographer Reader’s Portfolio March 2021

2019

• Canal and River Trust 250^th anniversary of the Birmingham Canal Network
  • Winning picture and Third Place

2018

• British Life Photography awards 2018 – 4 entries shortlisted.

Published in
Amateur Photographer, Digital Photographer, Digital Camera, National Geographic Traveller, local and national newspapers.

Social Media
BBC weather watchers (Dammo), several BBC website features, various local and national social media sites.

@IgersbirminghamUK (2020 to 2025)
Damien was part of the 4 photographer team that curated pictures for the Instagram group @IgersbirminghamUK