The exhibition is an invitation to a visual tour through the history of one of the most emblematic institutions of our country. Through more than a century of carefully selected images, it describes the evolution and legacy of the Peruvian Navy, from the “first graphic decades” until 1960. The photographs on display are much more than simple portraits; they are silent testimonies of the relevant maritime tradition of our Nation.

As curator Carlo Trivelli points, the exhibition should be viewed with the awareness that during the first decades of the period it covers, photography was more or less limited to the study of portraiture, while, as time went on, the possibility of photographs on the outside, either by taking a snapshot or aerial photos, among others, allowed us to represent other aspects of the work and institutional and daily life of the Navy and its members.

An exhibition such as this would not be possible without the existence of an institution that safeguards and treasures its past, or without the collaboration of private individuals who persevered in their efforts to care for the photographic archives, study them and disseminate them. There is little left of us if we leave aside our memory.

The exhibition is based on the book “La Marina de Guerra del Perú a través de la fotografía” (Peruvian Navy through photography), whose research and selection was conducted by Lieutenant Commander Michel Laguerre.