Catalyst Prize Archive

Fall 2008 Winners

Sarah Minor with Chess Boxing

Lucas McComb with Mark Edwards

Matt Levin with Whoosh (PDF,18KB)

Spring 2008 Winners

Lisa Lombardi: Block

I take a minute to study him as he steeples his fingers and rests his elbows on his crossed legs. His fingers are smudged darker than the rest of his hands and look somewhat empty without a cigar clutched in them. “Hey, here’s a question for you: what’s up with the accent – or lack thereof? Aren’t you supposed to be Austrian?” I ask defiantly.

He shrugs. “I spent a good amount of time in other countries – even Britain for a bit. I have a museum here, you know.” He looks very proud of this fact, and his delighted grin changes his entire appearance. For a second, he looks like he could just be somebody’s grandfather. “Plus,” he adds, “You have no idea what an Austrian accent sounds like, and this is all in your head, after all.”

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Paola Capola: No title needed for such moments in life.

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Shilpa Prabhakar: Remembering (PDF,26KB)

Fall 2007 Winners

Mitchell Kuga: London Mix Tape

Hugh Grant dolefully saunters through Portobello Market on a bright summer’s day with streets filled with market-goers strolling through stalls peddling antique watches and colorful flower arrangements. The people passing are in no hurry, there to just browse and soak in the great expanse of sun and sky, which suddenly turns into the light pitter patter of rain and then suddenly, the gust of falling yellow leaves into traces of snow that fall with a romantic air of blithe tranquility. And then the celestial blue of spring. The camera spans across a seamless line of a year gone before our very eyes.

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Ryan Doyle: A Sketch (see below) and A Drawing

Darren Poon: Fostering Reflections Triptych (PDF,880KB)

James Hepokoski: Dawn (see below)

Beth Mosenthal: A Wider Lens Book Project (PDF,2975KB)

DJ Bucciarelli: Edgware Road Song (MP3 progressive download,1235KB)

2006

Arren Merdinger: Dance Diary

Grant Meecham: Rumspringa

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