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Alessandra Sanguinetti
Born1968
New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forphotographer
Websitealessandrasanguinetti.com

Alessandra Sanguinetti (born 1968) is an American photographer.[1] A number of her works have been published and she is a member of Magnum Photos. She has received multiple awards and grants, including the esteemed Guggenheim Fellowship. Her first solo show in the United States was in 2005 at Yossi Milo.[2]

Life and work

Born in New York City, Sanguinetti moved to Argentina at the age of two and lived there until 2003. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California.

Her main bodies of work are "The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their dreams" twenty + years long documentary photography project about two cousins—Guillermina and Belinda—as they grow up in the countryside of Buenos Aires; "On the Sixth Day" which explores the cycle of life and death as through farm animals lives; "Sorry Welcome", a meditative journal on her family life; "Le Gendarme sur la Colline", documenting a road trip through France in 2018.

She has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2007[3] and is a Magnum Workshop teacher.[4][5][6]

Publications

Publications by Sanguinetti

  • On the Sixth Day. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1590050705.
  • The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams.
  • Sorry Welcome. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2013. Subscription Series #4, Book #2. Edition of 1500. Sanguinetti, Christian Patterson, Raymond Meeks and Wolfgang Tillmans each had one book in a set of four.[7]
  • Le gendarme sur la colline Copublished by Aperture and Fondation de l’entreprise Hermès, 2016

Awards

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