Kirsty Mackay

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Kirsty Mackay
Born
Nationality Scottish
Alma mater University of Wales, Newport
Known for photography
AwardsRebecca Vassie Memorial Award (2017)

Kirsty Mackay is a Scottish documentary photographer [1] living in Bristol. [2] Her first book is My Favourite Colour Was Yellow (2017). [3] In 2017 Mackay won the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award. [2]

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Life and work

Mackay was born in Glasgow. [2] [4] She studied photography at Glasgow College before leaving for New York City and London, to work as a photographer's assistant. She gained an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport.

Mackay's first photo-book, the self-published My Favourite Colour Was Yellow (2017), documents the bias for the colour pink amongst girls in the UK. [3] [5] [6] [7]

In 2017 Mackay won the Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award, mentoring and a bursary of £1250 to help in making her project The Fish that Never Swam. [2] [8] The award is to help early-career photographers develop their careers. Mackay's project is in response to the Glasgow effect, "the impact housing and overcrowding has on the life expectancy of Glaswegians". [2] [9]

Publications

Awards

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