Alessandra Sanguinetti

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]

Alessandra Sanguinetti
Born1968
New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forphotographer
Websitealessandrasanguinetti.com

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.
    • Contact Sheet 120. Syracuse, NY: Light Work, 2003. ISBN 9780935445305.
    • Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1590052693. With an essay by Gary Hesse.
  • 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
  • 1997: Ernst Haas Work Grant for Documentary Photography.
  • 2001: Hasselblad Foundation Grant, from the Hasselblad Foundation.
  • 2001: National Fund for the Arts Grant. Argentina
  • 2006 Discovery Award, Les Rencontres D’Arles. France
  • 2007: MacDowell Fellowship.
  • 2008: John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, US
  • 2008: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.[8]
  • 2009: Robert Gardner Fellowship.Harvard Peabody Museum[9]
  • 2009: National Geographic Magazine Grant, National Geographic.[10]
  • 2010: Alicia Patterson Fellowship, US
  • 2015: Premio Buenos Aires Photo. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 2015: Fondation d’entreprise Hérmés/Aperture Foundation: Immersion: A French American Photography Commission

References
  1. Romig, Rollo (June 24, 2010). "Slide Show: Alessandra Sanguinetti's The Adventures of Guille and Belinda". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  2. Dykstra, Jean. "Alessandra Sanguinetti at Yossi Milo". ebscohost. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. Magnum Photos Photographer Portfolio
  4. Lighthouse
  5. Magnum Photos Blog
  6. Alessandra Sanguinetti Makes Slaughter Look Beautiful | VICE United Kingdom
  7. "Subscription Series 4". TBW Books. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  8. "Alessandra Sanguinetti". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  9. "Alessandra Sanguinetti: Gardner Photography Fellow, 2009". Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  10. "2009 Photography Grant – Sanguinetti Portfolio – National Geographic ...". National Geographic. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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