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Kirsty Mackay
British photographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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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.
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