Portraits of women, in the middle of the street, in broad daylight. Or at home, in bed, their faces hidden or masked by half-light. They may be elderly, adults or still quite young. Happy or sad. In love or nostalgic. Forsaken or outraged. Nude or clothed. And, sometimes, dead.
Through Maya Goded’s lens, women appear in their starkest, most absolute truth. With neither makeup nor filter. Trained by the legendary Graciela Iturbide, whom she followed into the field and who introduced her to the photographer’s peripatetic life, Maya Goded likes projecting herself into what she calls “spaces of vulnerability”.
For her, photography becomes an act of political creation, a militant gesture. She seeks to defend women’s place in Mexican society. To help them stand up to patriarchy and injustice by revealing the darkest corners of their lives through her work. And by celebrating their fight for freedom. In Mexico City, she spends entire nights around the Plaza de la Soledad in the La Merced district, where prostitutes – targeted by criminals and clients, victims of insecurity – struggle to survive. Maya Goded depicts their daily life, capturing tragic scenes as well as moments of joy and solidarity. |
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