Katie McCraw is a documentary photographer and visual storyteller who lives in Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
Originally from Scotland, Katie lived in Bosnia & Herzegovina for over eleven years where she used photography as a reconciliatory tool and a therapeutic tool with the various NGOs she worked for. With a grounding in humanities, she decided to further her academic studies and photographic practice by completing an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of the Arts London in 2021 (with distinction). Recently, she has worked as the Photo Editor for OCCRP, a global investigative journalism organisation, and a Photo Archivist & Editor for WaterAid, an international not-for-profit creating and curating award-winning photography.
Exhibitions:
Copeland Park, Peckham, London - Rethinking Eastern Europe collective - March 2025
Glasgow Gallery of Photography, ‘Identity’ and ‘Textures’ exhibitions - September 2024
Velo Photo, Arles - Rethinking Eastern Europe collective - July 2024
Sarajevo Photography Festival 2023
See Change: Look Photo Biennial 2022, Wigan & Leigh, December 2022-February 2023
Sarajevo Photography Festival, May-August 2022
Visual Noise, London, April 2022 - Sheila
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, February 2022 - Life is Elsewhere, as part of Ways of Living, a collaborative archive by Then There Was Us.
University of the Arts London Graduate Showcase, November 2021
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna (online), April 2021 - My Life in Recovery, collaborative Photovoice project.
Awards:
Sarajevo Photography Festival - Finalist 2023
Belfast Photography Festival - Shortlisted 2023
Sarajevo Photography Festival - 2nd place mobile phone category & overall finalist 2022
Rebecca Vassie Trust - Longlisted 2022
Art and Reconciliation: the History and Practice of Foto Depo: the Photographic Archive of the History Museum of Bosnia and Hercegovina - Finalist 2022
Rotterdam Photo - Shortlisted 2022 for Silent as a Stone
Photograd - Highly Commended 2021 for Sheila
Photoworks Photography+ - Longlisted 2021 for Sheila
Features & Commissions
Hyphen Magazine - A Month of Iftars in London
Hyphen Magazine - Rediscovering Islam in Sarajevo
Artful Memories - book by Jane Chipp - Sheila
Darklight Art - Sheila
Aesthetica Next Generation - Sheila
Balkanium - People of Mostar
Photograd - Interview & Feature about Sheila
