Mackenzie Calle is a freelance photographer based in Brooklyn. She is focused on long-term stories that creatively investigate science, space and queer issues. Her project, The Gay Space Agency, is the recipient of the 2024 World Press Photo in Open Format for North and Central America. She is also a Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Fellow and was a finalist for the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards. Calle is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and ICP’s Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism program.

Photo by Mackenzie Calle