Fine Print: The toast. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000 Paper size:30 x 30 in (76 x 76 cm)

Fine Print: The toast. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000 Paper size:30 x 30 in (76 x 76 cm)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. Sanguinettis 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

Eyes that are wide open to life

day workers

then wrapped around it

rather unimportant pictures

Somewhat fantastical

Chick Corea (keyboards)

American trumpet player Miles Davis at the Salle Pleyel concert hall for the Miles Davis Quintet

leading me through the blues of the wetness of the land

and a pioneer of “New Photography

when needed

generous heart to the city

Albert Schweitzer