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Description
One of Conversa's most recognized images, that of a cat staring through a small "rat's" hole. Conversa staged the photograph by luring the cat to a card-board cut-out with a piece of liver. On the back of the mount is a list of the prizes the image won: 1st Prize A. P. Contest; 1st Prize University of MIssouri; 1st Photographic Society of America (Chicago); 1st International Photographic Society (New York Show, Best of Show), 1st Prize N.C.P.A. San Francisco.
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
31D98A66-1E45-492C-A3E3-514468944272 1984-212-1
Subject
Photographers--California--San Francisco Bay Area Photojournalists San Jose Mercury News Awards Cats
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