Rewriting Women into Maritime History

Project Updates

Project Updates

 

SHE_SEES HER VOICE - A collaborative participatory photography programme.

Led by portrait photographer Emilie Sandy, this programme aims to encourage more women to get involved and share their own stories. This will enable a broader range of women in the sector to connect and be represented, empower them to share their own stories, and to shape and control their own narrative.

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WHAT IS PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY?

Participatory photography is an approach where participants are empowered to tell their own stories through the lens of a camera, they are and are supported in the sharing of images in a collective, exploratory group of similar individuals.

WE NEED YOU

We are seeking eight International Female Harbour Pilots to participate in an online Participatory Photography Programme.

Portrait photographer and creative director Emilie Sandy leads the project's creative content and engaging storytelling of contemporary women. For more information, please contact emilie@emiliesandy.com 

 

Portsmouth Historic Quarter

Lloyd’s Register has collaborated with Portsmouth Historic Quarter, the University of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust to bring SHE_SEES to Boathouse 4 and showcase the stories of women working in the Dockyard until the present day. 

 

SHE_SEES at Boathouse 4, Portsmouth Historic Quarter

Stories of Women in Maritime- Then, Now, Onward.

August 2024 - August 2025

FREE ENTRY

Historic Quarter Pass available from the Visitor Centre.

 

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SHE_SEES x Portsmouth Historic Quarter © Emilie Sandy

 

The International Stage 

Rewriting Women into Maritime History and the SHE_SEES exhibition are looking to expand their impact internationally, by telling the stories of women working in the maritime sector in another nine countries around the world. These stories will be captured over the next three years, starting in 2025 with Greece, the Netherlands and India.

 

London International Shipping Week

The end of the first phase of the Rewriting Women into Maritime project was marked with an exhibition at London International Shipping Week (11th-15th September). The exhibition was kindly hosted at the International Maritime Organization, with an evening reception event on the opening night, 11 September 2023.  The event was attended by approximately 400 maritime and heritage professionals. Visit the exhibition photo gallery. 

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Opening Night of SHE_SEES © Nikoletta Monyok

Historic England 

In March 2023, Lloyd's Register Foundation approved a grant with Historic England to hold a pop up exhibition on Women in Shipbuilding in north east England.

The exhibition brought together photographs of women in shipbuilding and marine engineering in north east England in the First World War.

The exhibition has toured in the north east, exhibiting at Wallsend Shopping Centre, The Common Room, Newcastle High School for Girls,  and North Tyneside Art Studio.

Features

Sarah Mott, Interpretation Coordinator, spoke at the Maritime UK, Women in Maritime Network event on 18 May 2023, to introduce Maritime UK members to the initiative. 

Louise Sanger, Head of Research, Interpretation & Engagement was interviewed for a feature in the IMarEST magazine. Read the 'Adjusting the Lens' article.

Emilie Sandy, Photographer and Creative Project Manager was featured in the Maritime SheEO magazine. Read the 'SHE_SEES' article.

Sarah Mott, Interpretation Coordinator, spoke at the UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2023. Read our insights from the forum. 

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Sarah Mott, Interpretation Coordinator, spoke at the International Congress of Maritime Museums in September 2024, launching the international phase of the programme. 

A SeaVoice x Rewriting Women collaboration across the SeaVoice platforms during February 2025, leading up to International Women's Day. 

A 3-part series on SHE_SEES and Rewriting Women into Maritime History on the Mariner's Mirror Podcast. 

MP and Former Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Nusrat Ghani referenced SHE_SEES whilst speaking at the House of Commons on the 14th September 2023. Watch the clip.

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Opening Night of SHE_SEES © Nikoletta Monyok

Read Lloyd's Register Foundation's summary of our London International Shipping Week activities