David Pratt: Pictures from the Frontline

The Open University in Scotland is proud to sponsor the Ullapool Book Festival's event 'David Pratt: Pictures from the Frontline'. 

Over a four-decade long career as an award-winning reporter and photographer covering the world’s trouble spots, David Pratt has led an adventurous and dangerous life. 

David has chatted with voodoo worshipping gunmen in Haiti and hiked over the Hindu Kush mountains with Afghan guerrillas, interviewed Congolese warlords, and reported from the frontlines of conflicts as far afield as Somalia and eastern Ukraine. 

Among many accolades for his work, David has been named Journalist of the Year in the Scottish Press Awards, twice been Reporter of the Year and twice Feature Writer of the Year. His life reporting on wars around the world is currently the subject of a BBC Scotland documentary series. 

In this unique event, clips from all three films (Pictures From Afghanistan, Pictures From Iraq, Pictures From the Balkans) feature alongside a discussion about David's life and work.

This event is chaired by The Open University honorary graduate Ruth Wishart.

For tickets (£10) and further information, please head to the Ullapool Book Festival website.

Looking to learn more about photography? The Open University offers a ten-week online course in Digital Photography, developed and presented in partnership with The Royal Photographic Society (RPS).