The adventures of Guille and Belinda (First edt)

Alessandra Sanguinetti
The adventures of Guille and Belinda (First edt)

Photographs: Alessandra Sanguinetti

Publisher: Nazraeli Press & Yossi Milo Gallery

120 pages

Pictures: 56

Year: 2010

Price: 200 €

Comments: Hardcover with tipped-in image to front cover, 29 X 28,7 cm, first edition. Colors photographs, text in English. in very good condition other some scratches on cover.

For more than two decades, Alessandra Sanguinetti has been photographing the lives of Guillermina and Belinda, two cousins living in rural Argentina, as they move through childhood and youth toward womanhood.

Sanguinetti’s images portray a childhood that is both familiar and exceptional. The farmlands of western Buenos Aires province are a particular mix of the modern and traditional, where life is lived in consonance with animals and rugged landscapes.

Against this backdrop, Guille and Belinda go through the childhood rites of dressing up and make believe, exploring and appropriating the world around them as they go. As they slip between roles, alternately performing for and being caught by Sanguinetti’s camera, the profound bond between the two girls is unmistakable.

Approaching the precipice of early adolescence, their games are imbued with the poignant weight of their dreams and desires as the world of play meets that of reality.