By Daryl Lang

Alessandra Sanguinetti is this year’s winner of the National Geographic Magazine Grant for Photography.

Sanguinetti will receive $50,000 to fund a project on food production. She joins the grant program’s two previous winners, Jonas Bendiksen (2008) and Eugene Richards (2007).

Judges for the grant were White House photo editor Alice Gabriner, freelance photojournalist Lucian Perkins and National Geographic Magazine executive editor for design Bill Marr.

“Alessandra has an original way of seeing that brings freshness to a subject which is of great importance, but can be difficult to convey past stereotypes,” said Susan Smith, National Geographic Magazine’s deputy director of photography, in a statement announcing the grant. “We loved her proposal and are excited to support a photographer we haven't worked with before."

The grant is open to any professional photographer, and is awarded based on the photographer’s past work and a written proposal for a new or ongoing project. The winning project may be considered for publication in National Geographic.

Sanguinetti is based in Buenos Aires and New York City. Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions, books and periodicals. She has received both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Hassleblad Foundation Grant.

Her previous photo projects include “On the Sixth Day,” a series on domestic animals that was published as a book. Sanguinetti is represented by the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York City, and is a Magnum Photos nominee.

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