Kirsty Mackay
Kirsty Mackay | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Newport |
| Known for | photography |
| Awards | Rebecca 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]
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]
Publications
- My Favourite Colour Was Yellow. Self-published, 2017. With an essay by Jo B Paoletti, "Generation Pink". Edition of 200 copies. OCLC 1008371099.
Awards
References
- ^ Katherine Pomerantz; Kira Pollack. "The 34 female photographers you should follow right now". Time. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b c d e f "'Glasgow effect' photographer wins award". BBC News. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-05 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b Diane Smyth. "Photobook: My Favourite Colour Was Yellow by Kirsty MacKay". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Kirsty Mackay, United Kingdom". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Priscilla Frank (20 February 2015). "The intense relationship between little girls and the color pink". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Julie Kliegman. "A photographer made a powerful photo series about how pink is marketed to girls". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Agnès Gautheron. "Marquées au fer rose". Le Monde. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Kirsty Mackay wins the second Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award". Rebecca Vassie Trust. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Arts News: Spectra returns to Aberdeen, photographer wins prize to study 'Glasgow Effect', SYT recuits 2018 company". Clydebank Post. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Arts News: Spectra returns to Aberdeen, photographer wins prize to study 'Glasgow Effect', SYT recuits 2018 company". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2018-05-05.