2024

• 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), BBC website features.

BBC England’s Big Picture 2017 to date, various local and national social media sites.

@IgersbirminghamUK

Damien is one of a team of five that curates pictures for the Instagram group @IgersbirminghamUK