Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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uw Interior Design The Interior Design class of 1982 held their twenty-fifth re- union last night at the presti- gious Alibi club. It was great to see everybody who could make it, although Juan and Gerardo showed up an hour or two late because of car trouble. As I mingled about I tried to catch up on what everyone’s been up to. Bill DeRidder just tied up the loose ends on that realty deal in Harlem. He now owns 90% of it and has renovated 80% . Carol has done her own share of brownstone renovations and has many big deals in the works. Joel Perez, who has always been one of Carol’s best customers, now owns his own resort island and his memorable Smith- Barney commercial has made him a popular face. Kate has been doing very well in her contracting firm and Nan is there to help out a couple of days a week, but with her beautiful six children it’s a little difficult. Lori made a brief appearance but had to leave early because of a party for Rick. She did stay long enough for us to find out her contract firm is doing well. Narong was tied up with some details but did manage to send his clone. Andy's specialty seems to be drug store design, and Geneva seems to be doing well, but we couldn't find out many details because she dozed off. Arianne has not only re- designed Athens, but bought it. Homa is a design teacher at Pratt working over-time with foreign students. Andrew is now a senior partner in Poor, Swanke, Hayden and Loessel. Mark is principal of Marchitec- ture, that innovative design firm. He's quite a celebrity but the gold laminated long-underwear was a bit much. Ken did a terrific job bartending and Syl- via did her share of helping Karen with all of the arrange- ments. Ken specializes in , Sylvia has been responsible for some great stores and Karen has joined —- forces with Jeff and formed-a graphic interiors:ftém that is doing extremely-well?” “Smoking Hurts Every her new theatre. Wheré,will we be in another twenty-five years? 3 Wow wi Wa Aaa a aaa Bua” JalUed

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The neophyte Pratt photo stu- dent comes to the department after one year of Foundation, generally having had limited ex- posure to the medium, differing for the most part from other fine art students who were born with pencils and brushes in their hands. During the next three years the students are trans- formed by a dedicated faculty and a rigorous program, grap- pling with technical problems and aesthetic issues, into pho- tographers capable of working independently. The photo faculty generally has a great effect upon the students at the early impres- sionable stages, with such memorable observations as “a good teacher is a biased teacher,” “photography is real important to me,” and the ever popular “that’s blix, not grape juice.” Most important, however, it that another group of students not only survived but really prof- ited from their punctilious training. Here, then, are the awards bestowed in their honor upon the 1982 graduates. Amy Berg—The Diane Arbus “Life is a Breeze” Color Pho- tography Award. Kathlyn Cantone—The Candice Bergen Acute Aperture Award. Eloy Clarke—The Jacques Henri Lartigue Honorary Autochrome Coloring Book Award. Peter Connolly—The “Health is Happiness” in Photography Award. Barbara Davidson—The Helen Levitt Nice Little Old Lady Award. Cat Fisher—The George Knob- lach Montauk Travelogue Prize. John Freeman—The Judith Linn Meritorious Achievement Award for Photographing Mass Quan- tities of Cheese. Lee Friedman—tThe Minor White Video and Slide Show Award. Josh Harrison—The Olivia Par- ker Prize for Tiny, Little, Small, Minute, Precious Conceptual Art Photography. Luis Luge—The Alfred Hitch- cock Look-a-like Award. Raymond Simonelli—The “I Would Be Famous If I Were Ansel Adams” Award. Ralph Senzamici—The Lewis Hine Honorary Prize for Engag- ing in View Camera Photography in Life Threatening Situations. Marta Serra-Jovenich—The Gary Winegrand Honorary Beautiful Woman Prize for Subtle Visua l Abuse. Danielle Van Gennepp—The Art Linkletter “Kids Say the Darndest Things” Photography Award. Katherine Withers—tThe William Mortensen Immoral Memorial Award. In the second category are the film majors, who have suffered most of the same duress as the photographers. However, in view of the fact that this department is hidden in the back of the ARC, operates with a small faculty, and even smaller number of gradu- ates, an overall award is given to them for their tenacity to go through Pratt answering the UW Nair Vaal Va Vai Vea Va Va Va Va Vai Ca Vue Van Vim Vat Va Vi Vimy Vai Vaid Vim Pay Vim Vine Viney Vim Vimy iY Vim Vimy Vay Vimy Van) Via Pai Vili Via amy Vey Vay Vy Vay Vid Vimy Vimy statement “I never knew there was a film department here.” Furthermore, the following awards are bestowed upon these graduates for their bravery in battle. William Godbey—The “Inner Ear Award” for his work on the film “How to Balance a Thirty- five Pound Camera on Your Shoulder and Not Blur Any- thing.” Wilfred Caban—tThe “This is Really Gross” Award for the film “Rubber Face.” Alex Aurichio—The “No Frills Spaghetti” Award for the movie “Is This Chair Sinking or Are the Film Scraps Growing?” Front: Jan, Marta Serra-Jovenich Amy Berg Back John Freeman Cathlyn Cantone, Ed, Josh Harrison, Barbara Davidson, Daniella Van Gennep, Phil