Ned Pratt (born 1964) is a Canadian photographer based in
St. John's, Newfoundland.
Pratt grew up in the community of St. Catherine's in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland. In 1986 he graduated with a BA in
Art History from
Acadia University then moved on to the
University of British Columbia to study architecture. He returned to eastern Canada and earned a BFA in Photography at the
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
Upon graduation, Pratt worked as a freelance photo editor for the ''
Sunday Express
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'', a newspaper published in Newfoundland from 1989 to 1991. In subsequent years his work appeared in ''
The New York Times'', ''
Newsweek'', ''
Maclean's'', ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', ''
Canadian Geographic'' and the ''
Financial Post''.
Pratt's photographs are in various private, public and corporate collections including the
Ford Motor Company of Canada's Photographic Collection at the
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the
Department of External Affairs in
Ottawa
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, the
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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, and
The Rooms.
Pratt is the son of painters
Christopher Pratt and
Mary West
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Early life
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.
References
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1964 births
Living people
Canadian photographers
People from Newfoundland (island)
NSCAD University alumni
Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador
20th-century Canadian artists