Kirsty Mackay

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Kirsty Mackay
Born
Glasgow, Scotland
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]

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Awards

References

  1. ↑ Katherine Pomerantz; Kira Pollack (6 March 2017). "The 34 female photographers you should follow right now". Time. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "'Glasgow effect' photographer wins award". BBC News. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 Diane Smyth. "Photobook: My Favourite Colour Was Yellow by Kirsty MacKay". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kirsty Mackay, United Kingdom" . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Priscilla Frank (20 February 2015). "The intense relationship between little girls and the color pink". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Julie Kliegman. "A photographer made a powerful photo series about how pink is marketed to girls". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Agnès Gautheron. "Marquées au fer rose". Le Monde . Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kirsty Mackay wins the second Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award". Rebecca Vassie Trust. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Mackay, Kirsty (26 February 2021). "The Glasgow Effect: examining the city's life expectancy gap – a photo essay". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ↑ David Walsh, Gerry McCartney; Chik Collins; Martin Taulbut; G David Batty. "History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality". Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Kirsty Mackay's new book explores the realities of poverty". Creative Review. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Arts News: Spectra returns to Aberdeen, photographer wins prize to study 'Glasgow Effect', SYT recuits 2018 company". HeraldScotland. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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