Alessandra Sanguinetti (born 1968) is an American photographer. A number of her works have been published and she is a member of

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. She has received multiple awards and grants, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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 California. Her main bodies of work are ''The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their dreams'', a more than twenty year long documentary photography project about two cousins—Guillermina and Belinda—as they grow up in the countryside of

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; ''On the Sixth Day'', which explores the cycle of life and death through farm animals' lives; ''Sorry Welcome'', a meditative journal on her family life; and ''Le Gendarme sur la Colline'', documenting a road trip through France in 2018. She has been a member of

since 2007 and is a Magnum Workshop teacher.

Publications

Books of work by Sanguinetti

*''The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams.'' **Contact Sheet 120. Syracuse, NY:

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, 2003. . **Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2010. . With an essay by Gary Hesse. *''On the Sixth Day.'' Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2005. . *''Sorry Welcome.'' Oakland, CA: TBW, 2013. Subscription Series #4, Book #2. Edition of 1500. Sanguinetti, Christian Patterson,

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and

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each had one book in a set of four. *''Le gendarme sur la colline''. Co-published by Aperture and Fondation de l’entreprise Hermès, 2016. *''Some Say Ice''. London, Mack, 2022. .

Awards

*2001:

Hasselblad Foundation The Hasselblad Foundation (in full: Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation), established in 1979 at the will of Victor Hasselblad, is a fully independent, not-for-profit foundation based at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The main aim of the F ...

Grant *2007: MacDowell Fellowship *2008: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation *2009: Robert Gardner Fellowship, Harvard Peabody Museum *2009: Photography Grant, '' National Geographic''

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* ''The Life that Came'',

Yossi Milo Gallery Yossi is a Hebrew given name, usually a short and nickname for Yosef (equivalent to English Joseph). It may refer to: People * Abba Yossi – mythology figure * Country Yossi – American singer and radio personality *Yossi Abu – Israeli execut ...

, New York, 2008 * ''Le Gendarme Sur La Colline: Photographs by Alessandra Sanguinetti'',

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Gallery, New York, 2017

Group exhibitions

* ''This Land'', Pier 24, San Francisco, CA, 2018/19 * ''Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum'',

International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...

, New York, 29 September 2022 – 9 January 2023

References

External links

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