“They Also Faced the Sea” was an art installation of five large black and white photographs of Provincetown women of Portuguese descent mounted on a building on the end of Fisherman’s Wharf in Provincetown Harbor (2003 – 2005). Norma Holt’s beautiful portraits of Almeda Segura, Eva Silva, Mary Jason, Bea Cabral and Frances Raymond are meant to represent all the women of Provincetown who over the years have been the backbone of this vital fishing village. The installation was designed to help keep the spirit and the presence of the Portuguese culture alive. Please click on the link to find out more about these women and this installation.
Beautiful portraits Jude. So good to see women’s contributions recognised.
Yes. I was very taken by these portraits. Have you visited the linked site?
Yes I did. So sad to see that the photographer had died.
A lovely exhibition though.
The portraits remind me so much of Lucile de Godoy’s work. (Have I got that name right? 😦 ). So much character in those faces and what a lovely location. I could sit and dangle my legs off the pier there.
How very thoughtful. And a magnificent spot.
A wonderful spot. And a wonderful exhibition. Women have a lot of strength.
Great memories Jude
It was a very interesting holiday – I only wish we’d had more time there.
Always the same, visits way too short. So much more I could’ve seen in BH too
Such character in those faces. Life stories told in one portrait. Inspiring indeed.
Best wishes, Pete. x
Such a tough life. Women are very resilient.
How wonderful. I have been to Provincetown a couple of times but predating this. The info at the link was interesting too.
They were tough women, it must have been a hard life.
I find instalments like this very moving, I’d love to see this exhibition.
Do you remember the awesome statues of the women left behind on the south east coast of Scotland.
A project by the National Trust involves Brancaster, North Norfolk to mark the centenary of Armistice Day on Sunday 11 November 2018 at low-tide. It’s an informal, nationwide gesture of remembrance for the men and women who left their home shores during the First World War.
A large-scale portrait of a casualty from the First World War will be drawn into the sand. Originally, the tide coming in should wash away the portrait, but somehow the darkness will come first and put it out.
I didn’t know about the Scottish women Dina. I shall look that up. And the Brancaster project sounds impressive. I assume you will be going to see that?
Her name is Jill Watson. You posted her work, but I think the artist was unbeknown to you at that time.
To commemorate Britain’s worst fishing disaster when 189 were drowned in a single afternoon, on 14th October 1881, memorials representing the exact numbers of surviving widows and children were commissioned for four of the communities affected, Cove, St Abbs, Eyemouth and Burnmouth. Fund-raising continues for the Eyemouth piece, the worst affected.
http://www.jillwatsonstudio.co.uk/Fishing%20Disaster.html
Ah, yes. now I recall the sculpture. For some reason I was thinking south-west coast. A very beautiful and poignant sculpture albeit very small. And such a tragic event. Thanks for jogging my memory Dina 😀
What an emotive piece about these wonderful women, and it’s very sag that Almeda’s picture was lost. Thanks I really enjoyed this.
Thought this one deserved an outing. So many photos of places that I still haven’t written about!
Wonderful and the stories fascinating. They were incredible. I watch a film not long ago on the cod fishermen and their lives, quite daunting what they did but the women were even more extraordinary.
Such a long way from Portugal too. I like to think I would have been a pioneer back in the day.
I can imagine you taking the lead 🙂 I would probably have been stuck back in Portugal!!