This intimate, conversational reading transports us into the enchanted world of Alessandra Sanguinetti’s photographic series The Adventures of Guille and Belinda, exploring the evolution of this celebrated work and the themes and questions it raises. Created in the countryside of Buenos Aires province, Sanguinetti’s series follows the lives of two cousins coming of age alongside the realities of rural life. From a very young age, Guille and Belinda have been Sanguinetti’s collaborators, co-conspirators, and playmates, evoking unique worlds suspended between dreams and reality that define childhood, adolescence, and, ultimately, adulthood.

Here, they reflect with Sanguinetti on the making of the work and their evolving relationship with it over time in an extensive conversation illustrated with previously unpublished images spanning all these years. This dialogue is complemented by a conversation between Sanguinetti and curators Clément Chéroux and Pierre Leyrat, examining the ways in which this body of work engages with broader discussions on documentary photography, artistic collaboration, and the representation of the lives of girls and women around the world.

Author: Alessandra Sanguinetti