L: The Black Cloud, 2000 R: Ophelias, 2002 (from “The Adventures of Guille and Belinda…”)
© Alessandra Sanguinetti
Argentine photographer Alsessandra Sanguinetti will be giving an artist talk this Thursday, March 13th at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as part of a lecture series for a class that I’m taking called “Eight Photographers.”
Alessandra’s photography draws on myth and fable. With her series On the Sixth Day, she focuses on the interaction and interdependence between humans and domesticated animals in the countryside outside of Buenos Aires. Her other well-known project, The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams, is an intimate series of photographs of two cousins, beginning when they were just nine and ten, probing the fantastic and enigmatic relationships of these girls, role playing through their young adolescence. Just last year, Alessandra joined Magnum Photos as a 2007 nominee.
I am expecting her talk to be very interesting. Those of you in the area could probably pop in to hear her speak. The lecture will be held in the Visual and Critical Studies room (B311) from 12:30 – 2pm. If you’re a photo student at SMFA, you’re also invited to a potluck with Alessandra at Bonnie’s house that evening.
Nice way to kick off Spring break, no? See you all there.
