Photography Awards, Publications & Exhibitions
I’m Dibs McCallum, an award-winning professional photographer based in Norfolk. I have worked commercially since 2011, hold first-class BA (Hons) and Master’s degrees in Photography from Norwich University of the Arts, and was awarded Associate distinction by the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) in 2021.
My landscape, documentary and commissioned photography has received national awards and has been published and exhibited across the UK and internationally. These are selected career highlights.
Selected awards and distinctions
2024 — Portfolio Highly Commended, Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.
2023 — Landscape category commendation, Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.
2021 — Awarded Associate distinction (ARPS) by the Royal Photographic Society.
2020 — Shortlisted for UK Landscape Photographer of the Year in the Urban View, Night Photography and Changing Landscapes categories.
2019 — Overall winner and Adult Environment & Energy category winner, IET Engineering & Technology Photographer of the Year.
2019 — Short Film category winner, Historic Photographer of the Year.
2019 — Commended in the Seascape and Weather categories, Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year.
2019 — Honourable mention, International Photography Grant.
2016 — Association of Photographers Student Awards finalist in both the Places and Things categories.
2015 — ILFORD and HARMAN Technology Digital category runner-up and Highly Commended.
Professional roles and brand partnerships
2024–present — PermaJet Ambassador.
2024–present — Leofoto Ambassador.
2024–present — f-stop Pathfinder.
2021–present — Photocrowd judge, including landscape specialist judging.
2019 — UK brand ambassador for SLIK tripods.
2017 — Began working with Millennium Images.
2016 — Joined the Formatt-Hitech Filters ambassador programme.
Selected publications and commissions
2024 — Photograph published in The Times: The UK’s 50 Best Beaches; book-cover photography for The Gathering Storm by Lynne McEwan.
2022 — Published by The Guardian, Amateur Photographer and CoventryLive.
2021 — Published by BBC News, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Amateur Photographer, National Geographic España and PermaJet.
2020 — Published by Amateur Photographer, Norwich Evening News, Sardines and Bikesure; featured on the Norwich University of the Arts Work in Progress podcast.
2019 — Published by Sky HISTORY, Metro and On Landscape.
Earlier publications — Work featured by Professional Image Maker, Broads National Park, Highway Magazine, YorkMix, What’s On Stage, Wordplay and others.
Selected exhibitions, talks and screen work
2023 — Speaker at the Wales & West Photography Show.
2022 — Presentation to Buxton Camera Club.
2021 — Presentation to Croydon Camera Club.
2020 — Presenter at the Cambrian Photography Winter Show and guest speaker for camera clubs.
2018 — Master’s degree show, Norwich University of the Arts; Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation. Exhibited at Reclaim Photography Festival, Wolverhampton Archives and the Black Country Living Museum.
2017 — Decay and Rebirth, The Bank, Eye. Director of Photography and lighting for Tunnel Vision, shortlisted at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
2016 — Free Range exhibition, Truman Brewery, London; Norwich University of the Arts graduation show; Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for the Night Bunkers project; Wex exhibition best-image winner and Wex Photographic staff photographer of the year.
2014 — SIXTY-ONE, Norwich.
2012 — The Whole World Is a Stage, The Apex, Bury St Edmunds.
2011 — Year 2k11, BBC exhibition, The Forum, Norwich.
Education
Master’s degree in Photography — Norwich University of the Arts, 2018.
BA (Hons) Photography, First Class — Norwich University of the Arts, 2016.
Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), awarded 2021.
For workshop bookings, speaking enquiries, publication licensing or commissioned photography, explore my photography workshops or contact me.