Kirsty Mackay has been photographing since age sixteen and identifies as a photographic artist, educator, activist, and filmmaker. In 2016, she received an honorable mention for the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award, and her work is regularly discussed in major online media, with TIME Magazine calling her a female photojournalist “worthy of recognition” in 2017. She’s often exhibiting within the UK, while, further afield, her work has also been featured in India, Italy, and Germany. She’s been to Paris Photo this year while touring her latest exhibition. Despite her international success, the artist is strongly connected to her Scottish roots, with her politically-edged work centered on British working-class voices. The Glasgow-born photographer grew up working-class in Partick, Scotland—once saying that seeing the disparity between a more affluent neighboring suburb helped her be class conscious from a young age. She pursued photography at Glasgow College, before relocating to New York…

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