Kirsty Mackay Explained
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.
Life and work
Mackay was born in Glasgow.[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.[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.[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".[9]
Publications
- My Favourite Colour Was Yellow. Self-published, 2017. With an essay by Jo B. Paoletti, "Generation Pink". Edition of 200 copies. .
- 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. .
Awards
- 2017: Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award[11]
Notes and References
- 2018-05-05. The 34 female photographers you should follow right now. Katherine Pomerantz . Kira Pollack . Time. 6 March 2017 .
- News: 2018-05-05. 'Glasgow effect' photographer wins award. BBC News. 12 December 2017.
- Web site: 2018-05-05. Diane Smyth . Photobook: My Favourite Colour Was Yellow by Kirsty MacKay . British Journal of Photography.
- News: 2018-05-05. Kirsty Mackay, United Kingdom.
- News: 2018-05-05. Priscilla Frank . The intense relationship between little girls and the color pink. HuffPost UK. 20 February 2015.
- News: 2018-05-05. Julie Kliegman . A photographer made a powerful photo series about how pink is marketed to girls. BuzzFeed.
- News: 2018-05-12. Marquées au fer rose. Agnès Gautheron . Le Monde.
- News: 2018-05-12. Kirsty Mackay wins the second Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award. Rebecca Vassie Trust. 11 December 2017.
- Web site: Kirsty. Mackay. 2021-02-26. The Glasgow Effect: examining the city's life expectancy gap – a photo essay. 26 February 2021. The Guardian.
- Web site: 2021-12-08. History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality. David Walsh, Gerry McCartney . Chik Collins . Martin Taulbut . G David Batty . Glasgow Centre for Population Health.
- Web site: 2018-05-05. Arts News: Spectra returns to Aberdeen, photographer wins prize to study 'Glasgow Effect', SYT recuits 2018 company. HeraldScotland. 12 December 2017 .
