Woman Seeks to Photograph Somerville's Virgin Mary Statues—All of Them

The Bathtub Marys of Somerville blog, featured on Somerville Beat, has over 500 photos of religious statues in Somerville.

Thank you, Somerville Beat, for featuring a great story about Cathy Piantigini, a lifelong Somerville resident who's made it her mission to grab a photograph of "every single yard shrine" to the Virgin Mary she encounters in Somerville. Piantigini, a Somerville Public Library employee, posts her photos at a Tumblr blog called Bathtub Marys of Somerville According to the blog, Piantigini has documented over 500 statues so far, and she's still working on finding more. Somerville Beat interviewed Piantigini, a runner who was injured in 2012 and was forced to go on walks instead of runs. Slowing down allowed her to notice all the Mary statues in a way she never did before. The photographer told Somerville Beat she's walked down nearly every …

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