Mackenzie Calle is a documentary photographer based in Brooklyn.
Her long-term project, The Gay Space Agency, addresses the inequities for the LGBTQIA+ community in astronautics. The project was awarded the Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Grant and was shortlisted for the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant. It will be exhibited at Photoville 2023 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
She grew up as an athlete who was passionate about science and television. This led her to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she majored in Cinema Studies and was a member of the school’s volleyball team. For over five years she worked as a photography producer, editor, and photographer at NBCUniversal across networks that include NBC, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, and NBC News. In 2021, she was awarded the Director’s Fellowship to attend the Documentary Photography and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography.
AWARDS:
2022 MAGNUM FOUNDATION, Counter Histories Grantee
2022 PHMUSEUM, Women Photographers Grant, Shortlist
2022 LENSCRATCH, Student Prize Honorable Mention
2021 INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Director’s Fellowship
EDUCATION:
Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV
Documentary Photography & Visual Journalism, International Center of Photography
BA, Cinema Studies, New York University
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