AMAYA ETTU
“CHEESE!”
My high school had an extensive cast of characters: mean girls, jocks, class clowns, entrepreneurs, cheerleaders, stoners, and more. I’m sure yours did too.
Cheese! is an index and a send-up of the stereotypes people hide behind. Using the model of the classic high school yearbook photograph, I want to amplify the absurdity of playing a character just to fit in.
ABOUT
Mya Ettu is a New York-based photographer whose formative years were spent in the “unspoken child” of the boroughs, Staten Island. Their work has been displayed in the Soho Photo Gallery and part of a group exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Mya is set to graduate in 2025 with a degree in Photography and Related Media from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
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