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About Damian
A working commercial and Portrait photographer for over 34 years, McGillicuddy shoots all genres from fashion to footballers, products to politicians and musicians to motorsport.
Damian has amassed over 890 international awards, 16 Photographer of the year titles, 17 fellowships, including the first ever Fellowship awarded for photographic training, 1 honorary fellowship and a double Masters, and a Grand Master with Double Bar. in 2018 McGillicuddy was honoured with a Life time achievement award from the Societies of Photographers, aged just 47.
In 2013 Damian achieved one of his own personal dreams, he followed in the foot steps of his photographic hero, Mr David Bailey, as Olympus UK principal Photographer and educator. A small town boy from the industrial North West of the UK, once thrown out of art school for not making the grade, drove his career to that and more as eventually Damian became a "European Ambassador for Olympus as he was given the title of "European Visionary".
Damian has amassed over 890 international awards, 16 Photographer of the year titles, 17 fellowships, including the first ever Fellowship awarded for photographic training, 1 honorary fellowship and a double Masters, and a Grand Master with Double Bar. in 2018 McGillicuddy was honoured with a Life time achievement award from the Societies of Photographers, aged just 47.
In 2013 Damian achieved one of his own personal dreams, he followed in the foot steps of his photographic hero, Mr David Bailey, as Olympus UK principal Photographer and educator. A small town boy from the industrial North West of the UK, once thrown out of art school for not making the grade, drove his career to that and more as eventually Damian became a "European Ambassador for Olympus as he was given the title of "European Visionary".
Privileged to shoot all over the world for major brands such as L'oreal, ITV, BBC, Burtons, Miss Selfridge, Aston Martin Racing, Nippon Express, ,Indy days, John Lewis, Hahnel Industries and Olympus to name but a few, you can say Damian has "Been there and done that".
Having exceeded his own expectations and achieved many of his own goals, Damian set out to help others gain their own success. In doing so McGillicuddy became one of the industries premier photographic trainers, with his students achieving similarly prolific success in very short order - 47 Photographer of the year recipients in just 13 years!
Having exceeded his own expectations and achieved many of his own goals, Damian set out to help others gain their own success. In doing so McGillicuddy became one of the industries premier photographic trainers, with his students achieving similarly prolific success in very short order - 47 Photographer of the year recipients in just 13 years!
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