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Greta Pratt is an American photographer whose primary interests are American identity, history and myth. She is the author of two books of photographs, ''Using History'' (Steidl, 2005) and ''In Search of the Corn Queen'' (Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1994). Pratt’s work is represented in major public and private collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum: Smithsonian Institution, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, and Minneapolis Institute of Art. Pratt was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and served as photography bureau chief of Reuters International in New York City. Her photographs have been featured in Art in America, ''The New York Times Magazine'' and ''The New Yorker''. ==Career== Pratt has made a practice of documenting staged American history. Her series ''Nineteen Lincolns'' celebrates one of the most iconic elements of the bedrock of American history and puts a quirky modern twist on it. ''Nineteen Lincolns'' has been on view in solo and group shows across the country since 2007. Her book ''Using History'' is an accurate depiction of her photographic universe, which is the intersection where American past meets American present. Pratt often uses clever juxtapositions of photos to tell her tale of how Americans incorporate their country's past to explain their attitudes to the present. Author Howard Zinn (''People's History of the United States'') says of Pratt's ''Using History,'' "Greta Pratt's extraordinary photographs give us glimpses of people and places that stimulate us to think about our history, not only of the great American West, but of the nation itself. Her point of view is delightfully antic and provocative. We want not only to enjoy the moment of our viewing, but also to study and ponder each photograph, challenged to find its larger meaning." Pratt's work has a clear connection with that of Martin Parr, both using hyper-saturated color to slyly capture the peculiarities of how everyday people represent themselves and their roots.〔http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/01/03/greta-pratt-at-massmoca-and-atlanta-contemporary/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greta Pratt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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