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Mackenzie Calle is a freelance documentary photographer based in Brooklyn. Her work focuses on stories related to science, athletics, and queer issues.
She was selected as a Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Fellow in 2022. That same year, she was named one of the Lenscratch 25 to Watch and was shortlisted for the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant. In 2023, she was named as a LensCulture Emerging Talent Award winner and received the Dear Dave Fellowship.
In 2024, Mackenzie was awarded World Press Photo for North & Central America, Open Format, and was a finalist for the Sony World Photography Awards.
She is an Adjunct Lecturer at CUNY’s College of Staten Island.
Mackenzie is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Cinema Studies and was awarded the Director’s Fellowship to attend ICP’s Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program. She was selected to Eddie Adams Workshop class XXXV. Prior to her freelance career, she was a photo producer at NBCUniversal.
Her work has been exhibited at Photoville, Pride Photo Festival, and Noorderlicht International Photo Festival.
Clients include National Geographic, The Washington Post, GAYLETTER, Discovery, MSNBC, and The Wall Street Journal.
AWARDS:
2024 AESTHETICA ART PRIZE, Longlisted Artist
2023 DEAR DAVE, Fellowship Winner
EDUCATION:
Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV
International Center of Photography, Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism, Director’s Fellowship
New York University, BA, Cinema Studies
EXHIBITIONS:
2024 World Press Photo 2024, Worldwide Group Exhibition
2024 Sony World Photography Awards 2024, Somerset House, Group Exhibition
2023 Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Regenerate, Group Exhibition
2023 Photoville, Container Exhibition
2023 Pride Photo, Group Exhibition
2022 The Curated Fridge, Group Exhibition
2022 Shifting Selves, Group Exhibition, International Center of Photography
SELECT PRESS:
2022 EDITED, OKS Berlin
2022 Shift Magazine, Featured Photographer
