David Pratt (Scottish journalist)

David Pratt is a Scottish author, filmmaker, photographer, and journalist who has been named Scottish Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year, and Feature Writer of the Year.[1][2]

David Pratt
Born
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
NationalityScottish
Alma materGlasgow School of Art
OccupationJournalist & Photographer
Known forWar reporting
Notable workIntifada – The Long Day of Rage (2007 book)
Pictures from Iraq (2022 film)

Pratt is known for his war reporting and photography, which was featured in the 2020 documentary Pictures from Afghanistan and the 2022 documentary Pictures from Iraq. He is the author of Intifada – The Long Day of Rage.

Early life and education

Pratt grew up in a working-class family in the impoverished Hillhouse scheme near Hamilton.[3] As a teenager he was a keen mountaineer.[3]

He has an honours arts degree from the Glasgow School of Art.[4][5]

Career

After graduation, Pratt briefly taught art and design history before starting his journalism career.[5] Pratt has reported on wars in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti; he has reported on the Iranian revolution, Iraq, Libya, the Nicaraguan revolution, and events in Gaza, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria.[4][3][6] He is most known for his reporting being published by The Herald, but has also reported for Agence France Presse, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, Channel 4 News, The National, The New York Times, Reuters, Svenska Dagbladet, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Sunday National, and The Sunday Times.[5]

In 2019, he exhibited his war photography at the exhibition Only With the Heart.[3][6]

His work was featured in the 2020 documentary Pictures from Afghanistan[4][3] and the 2022 documentary Pictures from Iraq that he co-directed with Robbie Fraser.[7] Pratt is the presenter of Pictures from The Balkans, directed by Fraser and broadcast on the BBC in 2022 and 2023.[8] In Pictures from The Balkans, Pratt revisits locations he filmed in during the Yugoslav Wars travelling along the Danube River near Vukovar, Croatia.[9] Pratt also features in the 2023 BBC Scotland two-part documentary Pictures from Ukraine. Also produced by Robbie Fraser, Pictures from Ukraine documents Pratt's 2022 journey from Poland to Mykolaiv via Kyiv and Lviv, during the Russo-Ukrainian war.[10] In 2022, Pratt held a photography exhibition Sogo Community Arts Hub on the Saltmarket, also called Pictures from Ukraine.[11]

Selected publications

Awards

References
  1. MacKenzie, Hector (1 May 2019). "Stage set for 'extraordinary' book festival in Wester Ross". RossShire Journal. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. "Gina Davidson and The Sunday Post win top accolades at Scottish Press Awards". www.allmediascotland.com. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. Allan, Vicky (23 February 2020). ""You were living in caves, moving primarily at night." 40 years of David Pratt in Afghanistan". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. "Go See: Pictures from Afghanistan - War photographer and journalist David Pratt". Photoarchivenews. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. "Only With The Heart — David Pratt – Sogo Arts". sogoarts.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. Wishart, Ruth (21 November 2019). "War photographs will make David Pratt a big draw at Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival". Helensburgh Advertiser. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. "Pictures from Iraq". Glasgow Film Festival. 2022.
  8. "BBC Scotland - Pictures from..., The Balkans". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. "Pictures from The Balkans". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. Young, Gregor (20 February 2023). "Tears and trauma: David Pratt in Ukraine". The National. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  11. Mannion, Kimberly (14 October 2022). "The art of war photography with David Pratt". The Glasgow Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  12. Burke, Jason. "Intifada: The Long Day of Rage (1)". Frontline Club. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  13. Connolly, Philip (22 February 2007). "Middle East conflict: putting the blame where it belongs. Book Review, Intifada: The Long day of Rage". www.anphoblacht.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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