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Alessandra Sanguinetti
Ahmet's Bird, Marseilles, 2016
C-print, 15 x 25 inches
AP, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $6,000
This photo is from the album Le gendarme sur la colline, published by Aperture in 2017. The work is result of a major new commission by Fondation de l’entreprise Hermès and Aperture Foundation, working in alliance, called Immersion, a French-American Photography Commission.
In this album, Alessandra Sanguinetti explores her vision of France, in which old traditions persist even while they fray and shift in relation to contemporary stresses, including multiculturalism. The work presents an intuitive, often lyrical journey that is undercut with a sense of tension about what it means to be French—and to photograph the French—today.
Image courtesy of Ekevara Kitpowsong
About the Artist:
Alessandra Sanguinetti
Alessandra Sanguinetti's works are part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and International Center of Photography, New York; among others.
She has received numerous scholarships and awards, including from the Guggenheim Foundation, Hasselblad Foundation, Discovery Award from Les Recontres d'Arles, Robert Gardner Scholarship (Peabody Museum of Harvard University), National Fund for the Arts of Argentina, John Gutmann Scholarship, and most recently a Sundance grant to develop a forthcoming film. Sanguinetti has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2007. Her projects include On the Sixth Day (2006), The Adventures of Belinda and Guille and the Meaning of Their Enigmatic Dreams (2010), Sorry Welcome (2013), Le gendarme sur la colline (2017), and The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer (2020).
Originally from Argentina, Alessandra Sanguinetti lives and works in California.
Website: alessandrasanguinetti.com
Instagram: @alessandra_sanguinetti
