Creative Photography

Finlay MacKay was born in Scottland in 1973. In the mid-90s, he studied Fine Art Photography at the Glasgow School of Art, before moving to London where he began his own personal exploration of the art world. He became an assistant to photographers such as Julian Broad, Alex Cayley and Elaine Constantine with whom he worked full-time from 1999 to 2002.

Finlay MacKay’s first major campaign, shot for KesselsKramer, won awards for Diesel’s dark, gut-wrenching Work Harder campaign. His language continues to evolve with energetic sports shoots and Grimms fairy-tale fashion such as his recent best-of-British fashion portrait for Harrods.

MacKay’s portfolio includes work for Nike, Adidas, Olympus, British Telecom, the Scottish Ballet, Channel 4, The English National Opera and Harrods. In addition, he has also taken photographs for important publications such as The New York Times, Sleazenation, 125 and Arena.