Daniel (b.1980) is an Irish photographer based in Oxford. His practice is anchored by personal development, materiality and the curatorial process. Relationships and conflict between people and ideas, the use and misuse of information and the connection to one's homeland are themes he engages with in his work.
From 2016-2019 he made a series of photographs across Europe documenting the human displacement crisis, with images selected for inclusion in the 2019 Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond exhibition at Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. One of these images was subsequently featured in Philip Hughes’ Storytelling Exhibitions: Identity, Truth and Wonder published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Since 2017, he has been developing a community and research based project in Palestine, with concurrent work now being undertaken in Ukraine since 2024. He was shortlisted for the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award in both 2019 and 2020.
Daniel takes an expanded approach to photography, working also with image based collage and Xerography and will be completing the MA Photography programme at the Royal College of Art, London in August, 2025.
He is also a Patron of the Martin Parr Foundation.
Education
MA Photography - Royal College of Art - 2022-25
Moments
RCA2025 - Group Exhibition - RCA Battersea, London - 2025
OLAT in Print - Into the Fold @ Winchester School of Art - 2024
To Speak of Solitude - Solo Exhibition & Screening of 'Walled Off' - North Wall Gallery - Oxford - 2023
Selected Works - Storytelling Exhibitions: Identity, truth and wonder by Philip Hughes - Bloomsbury Visual Arts - 2021
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award - Shortlisted - 2020
Recipient - Rebecca Vassie Trust Rapid Response COVID-19 Bursary - 2020
Selected Works - Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond - Pitt Rivers Museum - 2019
Talk - The Role of Photojournalism in the Humanitarian Sector - University of Oxford - 2019
Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award - Shortlisted - 2019
Mentor - Refugee Journalism Project - London College of Communication 2018-19
Guest Speaker - Screening of 'Refugee Blues', winner of Best European Documentary at the European Independent Film Awards - London 2017
The Photographic Angle - 'My Country' national exhibition - UK 2016-18
Royal Photographic Society - A day in the Life - Shortlisted - 2015
World Street Photography Awards - Reflections - Hon Mention - 2015