Born in New York City in 1968.

Lived in Argentina from 1970 until 2003. Currently based in San Francisco.


Her work has been exhibited extensively abroad, including a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, and is part of several collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires. 

She has been awarded numerous grants and prizes, including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2000 and a Hasselblad Foundation Grant in 2001. She is a member of the Magnum Photo agency.


A selection of her last exhibitions, in solo: Alessandra Sanguinetti, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France, 2011; The Adventures of Guille and Belinda, Flux Laboratory. Geneva, Switzerland 2011; On the Sixth Day, Boston Art Institute. Boston, MA, USA 2010; The Life That Came, Kulturhusset. Stockholm, Sweden 2009; The Life That Came, Ruth Benzacar Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2009…

Alessandra Sanguinetti presented her work at the Rencontres d’Arles in 2006, nominated by Yto Barrada for the Discovery Award : The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of Their Dreams at the Magasin Electrique.