MCB was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State. He became known for his documentation of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and the resulting monograph, Libyan Sugar (Twin Palms Publishers, 2016). In 2018, Damiani published his book Yo Soy Fidel, a week long journey documenting the cortège of Fidel Castro. In 2022, Twin Palms will publish A Free Country, his work on the Cuban electronic music scene. With over 500k Instagram followers, MCB has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Musee De L’Homme and others. He has been a photographer at National Geographic since 2005, is a former associate photographer at Magnum Photos and was the main character in the Michael Mann directed HBO documentary series Witness: Libya. He is also a writer, collector, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and father.