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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Andrée”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Giselle”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Yvette”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Mamette”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Suzanne 1”
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- © Miren Etcheverry. “Maryse”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Suzanne 2”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Françoise”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Paulette”
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- © Miren Etcheverry, “Suzanne 3”
Miren Etcheverry
Oh My Goddess
Oh My Goddess is a celebration of the women in my extended family. It is about honoring these women, most of whom are living full and active lives in southern France. (I wonder… is the secret to longevity in southern France the Madiran wine or the foie gras, or both…? ) A few of them have now passed, but their memories live on.
All my family is in southern France, including my ninety-something mother and her ninety-something bffs, my aunt, my cousins and their loved ones. In this period of the pandemic and its associated restrictions, the distance between me and my family of origin has never seemed so great. Knowing that I am no longer just a simple airplane flight away from visiting them saddens me.
These playful depictions of the women in my family reflect happy moments spent with them, while I am here and they are far away. During my period of confinement, I revisited my family photographs and transformed these ordinary women, giving them a breath of new life, and capturing their lively spirits and dynamism. I mean to convey what is most beautiful about them, perhaps enhancing that beauty, even transforming them into goddesses.
Artist Bio
Miren Etcheverry is an award-winning photographer based in Cambridge and Provincetown, MA. She spent her early childhood in Paris and in the Basque Country. Her passion for photography began early, as she traveled extensively throughout her youth and continued to travel throughout her career in international finance. Her photographs have been selected for juried exhibitions at Danforth Art (Framingham, MA), in galleries, including Menier Gallery (London, UK), Darkroom Gallery (Vermont), Kiernan Gallery (Virginia), and at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Cape Cod Art Center, Cambridge Art Association and Bedford Public Library.
Miren’s photographs received various Honorable Mentions in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 International Photography Awards (IPA) , ArtAscent’s “Blue” competitions. Her work has appeared in publications and blogs, including the Cape Cod Times, Art Ascent and About Basque Country.
Miren studied photography at New England School of Photography, Maine Media Workshops and Griffin Museum of Photography, and with Alison Shaw and National Geographic photographer Michael Melford. She had her first formal training in photography while a student at Stanford University, where she worked in video production at the pioneering Stanford Instructional Television Network. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from M.I.T.
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