Ani Katz, a finalist in the 2013 Narrative 30 Below Contest, was born and raised on Long Island. After graduating from Yale University in 2008, she cofounded Recession Art, a Brooklyn-based organization devoted to exhibiting emerging artists. Her work has been exhibited at Project Basho in Philadelphia, the Islip Art Museum in New York, the Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago, and the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China. Katz received her MFA in photography at Columbia College (2014).