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by Cindy Wallach
lose your eyes and think about Margaret came up with this idea far women on boats, what do you from the ocean in land-locked Peoria, see? Maybe a couple sailing IL, where she is the head of the together? Or a wife in the galley fixing photography department at Bradley a meal? Maybe you see bikini clad University. The project combines her ladies perched on the bow in the sunshine? Marga##The photographer at the helm. ret LeJeune wants to change that image and bring a dose of reality to the fantasy and stereotypes that surround women on boats. “I am traveling the country photographing women mariners. I am looking to photograph a broad spectrum of women who live, work, and enjoy being on the water,” says Margaret. “This includes women who sail and live aboard, captains, passion for sailing with her passion for sailing instructors, sail makers, shipfine art photography. But the best part wrights, riggers, mechanics, handlers, is that Margaret gets to take time off and more. I have cast a large net, so from her teaching gig to pursue this to speak, so that I can document the venture while going cruising. She and variety of women who live and work in her husband moved aboard a Tayana this traditionally masculine realm.” 37 in May of this year and set off for
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their maiden voyage. Their boat Bear has safely taken them from where they bought her in Connecticut into the Chesapeake Bay where they’re now anchored in St. Mary’s City with plans to cruise the Southern Bay this month. “As I am traveling by boat, the weather, currents, and tides all play a significant role in whom I meet and where I can shoot. This aspect of cruising is both challenging and rewarding. It has taken me off my planned path a few times, but each time I have found interesting women to photograph.” Margaret uses social media, word of mouth, and old fashioned wandering around and chatting it up at marinas and anchorages to find subjects to photograph. It’s a great way to make new friends while cruising and hear lots of salty tales she might otherwise have missed.
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