Kirsty Mackay

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]

For the English field hockey player, see Kirsty MacKay.

Kirsty Mackay
Born
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Newport
Known forphotography
AwardsRebecca Vassie Memorial Award (2017)

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
  • My Favourite Colour Was Yellow. Self-published, 2017. With an essay by Jo B. Paoletti, "Generation Pink". Edition of 200 copies. OCLC 1008371099.
  • The Fish That Never Swam. Self-published, 2021. With an abridged version of the "History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality" report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.[10] Edition of 500 copies. OCLC 1285666287.

Awards
  • 2017: Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award[2][11]

References
  1. Katherine Pomerantz; Kira Pollack (6 March 2017). "The 34 female photographers you should follow right now". Time. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "'Glasgow effect' photographer wins award". BBC News. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. 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. "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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