The Female Mariners Project

The Female Mariners Project, funded in part by a grant from the Puffin Foundation, investigates the lives of women who live and work on the water. Fueled by research into alternative living situations and environmentally conscious housing, this project started as an exploration of live-aboard sailors but has grown into a multidimensional conversation on gendered space, environmental concerns, and cultural tradition. These images of female captains, crew, watermen, and shipwrights challenge gendered maritime tropes such as the doting and passive mermaid and the dangerous siren.

*Funded in part by an Artist Grant from the Puffin Foundation