Alessandra Sanguinetti

Alessandra Sanguinetti
Born 1968
New York
Nationality American
Known for photographer

Alessandra Sanguinetti (1968, New York, New York) 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, Sanguinetti moved to Argentina at the age of two and lived there until 2003. Sanguinetti has stated that she began taking photographs to create a sense of permanence in her life after realizing that "everything is transitory." [3] Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California.

Her most involved project is a documentary photography project about two cousins- Guillermina and Belinda- as they grow up outside of Buenos Aires. The project began in 1999 when Sanguinetti visited her grandmother, Juana, in Argentina. She intended to take pictures of the animals which occupied her grandmother's rural farm. However, she saw potential in her cousins, whom she had previously disregarded. Sanguinetti recounts this, "I was shooting them without even thinking it was work. My first idea was to just do a single story trying to figure out what they imagined life to be, just so I could get into their world." [4] Titled The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams, the project follows them as they fantasize about becoming adults, early motherhood, and becoming young women while their relationship changes.[5] In this particular collection of photographs, Alessandra makes commentaries about feminine conventions of beauty and behavior, as well as gender roles and gender identity. She occasionally ridicules social expectations through her images, which are often satirical in nature.[2] These commentaries are best typified in Petals (2000) and The Couple (1999).[2] Her images focus on the lives of young women and children. Sanguinetti told Vice reporter, Bruno Bayley, "Children are fascinating...As a society, we project so much of our hopes, frustrations, denials, and aspirations on children, and they are so transparent in how they reflect everything that is thrust upon them. How could I not photograph them?" [6]

She has been a full member of Magnum Photos since 2007[7] and is a Magnum Workshop teacher.[8][9][10]

She has contributed to Life and The New York Times and been a resident at Light Work.[11]

Publications

Awards

Collections

Sanguinetti's work is held in the following collections:

References

  1. ↑ Romig, Rollo (June 24, 2010). "Slide Show: Alessandra Sanguinetti's The Adventures of Guille and Belinda". The New Yorker. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Dykstra, Jean. "Alessandra Sanguinetti at Yossi Milo". ebscohost. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Bayley, Bruno. "Alessandra Sanguinetti Photographs the Drama of the Countryside". Vice. Vice Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Mahoney, John. "Intimate Portraits". ebscohost. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Alessandra Sanguinetti Presents The Adventures of Guille and Belinda at Le Bal
  6. ↑ Bayley, Bruno. "Alessandra Sanguinetti Photographs the Drama of the Countryside". Vice. Vice Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Magnum Photos Photographer Portfolio
  8. ↑ Lighthouse
  9. ↑ Magnum Photos Blog
  10. ↑ Alessandra Sanguinetti Makes Slaughter Look Beautiful | VICE United Kingdom
  11. ↑ Light Work / From the Files: Alessandra Sanguinetti
  12. ↑ "Subscription Series 4". TBW Books. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Alessandra Sanguinetti - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  14. ↑ MoMA | The Collection | Alessandra Sanguinetti (American, born 1968)

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