ALESSANDRA SANGUINETTI is known for her lyrical, softly-drawn photography that explores themes of memory, place, and the psychological transitions of youth. Sanguinetti has been a member MAGNUM since 2007. She is currently based in California. "I take photographs for the same reasons other people work with photography; it is a way of telling a story based on something real, and it stops time." - Alessandra Sanguinetti - In this album, the compelling photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti explores her vision of France, in which old traditions persist even while they fray and shift in relation to contemporary stresses, including multiculturalism. The work presents an intuitive, often lyrical journey that is undercut with a sense of tension about what it means to be French—and to photograph the French—today.