The Adventures of Guillier and Belinda

Year after year, working on her main project, photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti traveled through the suburbs of Buenos Aires, joining the life of the inhabitants of remote farms - people and pets, studying their relationship with each other, interaction with the earth.

In 1999, Alessandra met Guillier and Belinda, two cousins whose families lived and worked on farms. When Alessandra started photographing them, the girls were only 9-10 years old. She didn't know then that these pictures would become part of her most exciting photo project "The Adventures of Guillaume and Belinda, as well as the mysterious meaning of their dreams."

In it, Alessandra showed that the girls are actually a reflection of the same person. One is light, embodying a dream and a soul, the other is earthly, bearing the whole burden of existence. They are perceived in photographs not as an opposition, but as an addition to each other, emphasizing the multiplicity of manifestations of the same person. We can look at the world through the eyes of each of these girls.

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1. Belinda and Rosita, 1998

2. Shepherds, 1998

3. Possum, 1998

4. Belinda's bouquet, 1999

Among the photographs there are works-observations and works-productions. Some reflect everyday life, others are dramatizations. "I tried to pay attention to both equally," says the photographer. — We played out scenes that, as it seemed to the girls and me, would reflect the key moments of their future life, and the rest that could be between these moments. They chose the role of actresses. But they didn't play someone else's plays. The scenarios were their own, they were playing out their imagined future. It is in childhood that we look for reasons that explain the behavior of us adults. And I found it very interesting to explore this issue with the help of Guillier and Belinda."

5. Camilla, 1999

6. Night hugs, 1999

7. Necklace, 1999

8. Immaculate Conception, 1999

9. Hydrangea, 1999

10. Five-minute longing, 2000

11. Summer bath, 2000

12. Blue clothes, 2000

13. Black Cloud, 2000

14. Models, 2000

15. Madonna, 2001

16. Rain, 2001

17. Funeral, 2001

18. Sister's wedding, 2001

19. Drink, 2001

20. Sunny day, 2001

21. Mirror, 2001

22. Ophelia, 2001

23. Guillier, 2001

24. The answer, 2002

25. The Discoverer, 2002

26. At the Bruderschaft, 2002

27. Guillier, 2002

28. Petals, 2002

29. Untitled, 2004

30. Summer, 2004

31. Kittens, 2005

32. Flowers of Life, 2005

33. In a quiet pool, 2005

34. Time flies, 2005

35. Light, 2005

36. The sixteenth anniversary, 2005

37. Sorceresses, 2005

38. Morning, 2006

39. Portrait, 2006

40. Dreams, 2006

41. Nanny, 2006

42. Belinda and Pablo, 2006

43. In the shape of a heart, 2007

44. Tomatoes, 2007

45. Ferocious, 2007

46. "Wedding bed", 2007

47. Reality, 2007

48. Kiss, 2007

49. Mom, 2007

50. Drizzling, 2008

"Now Gilya is 18, and Belinda is 17. I'm still photographing them. But they no longer choose any abstract images. The roles that used to be a game for them are now real, and the girls decide whether they meet their expectations." Alessandra, 2007

51. Butterfly, 2008

Sanguinetti has been exhibiting since 1994, her works are kept in the collections of the International Center of Photography (New York), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Museums of Fine Arts in Boston and Houston. The photographer has received a number of grants and awards, is a member of the Magnum photo agency. "Adventures..." formed the basis of Sanguinetti's first major solo exhibition in New York in the fall of 2004.

Text: Elena Firsova