Maya Goded Colichio (born 1967, Mexico City, Mexico)[1] is a Mexican photographer and documentary film maker. Since 2002 she has been allied with Magnum Photos[2][3] and has developed a special focus on images of people from hidden or shunned communities.[4][5] In 2019 Vogue Magazine identified her as one of the "8 Mexican female photographers who are breaking through on a global level."[6]
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| Born | Maya Goded Colichio 1967 |
| Known for | Photography and film documentaries of people from hidden or shunned communities |
| Notable work | Tierra Negra, Plaza de la Soledad, Good Girls |
| Awards | Masterclass, World Press Photo (2006), Prince Claus Award (2010) and more |
Life
editGoded was born in 1967 in Mexico City. In 1993 she worked as an assistant to Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide.[7]
She did her first project in 1994, called Tierra Negra (Black Earth). She worked for three years on this project which consists of a collection images of Afro-Mexicans.[4]
Subsequently she went on to explore female sexuality, gender violence, prostitution, and the way women in Mexican society are seen in the traditional role of motherhood.[8] Furthermore, she investigates people in harsh living conditions, or living in hidden, or shunned communities. Her photographs are accompanied by a name and description of the life of the person portrayed.[4][9]
The work in her exhibition "Sexoservidoras" at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain was described as:
Goded does not propose the glorification of these women, but rather wants to establish an iconography of a model that is the complete opposite of the good and perfect Christian mother. Sexoservidoras refers to those prostitutes living in the margins, victims of the guiding principle of morality in Mexico.[5]
Goded has published several books and has been the co-author of others as well. She has won several international awards. In 2009 she was involved in the making of a video and a short film, called Una Reina a su Gusto.[10][11] After this she concentrated on the making of documentary films.[12][13]
Her 2016 release film about ageing Mexican prostitutes, Plaza de la Soledad (Loneliness Square),[14][15][13] won the Impulso Morelia Prize at the 2015 Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, in Mexico.[16] The film has been described as "a sumptuous visual celebration and a refreshingly honest exploration of physical and emotional self-determination against difficult odds."[17]
Awards
editGoded's work has been the subject of academic research[18] and has also won several international awards. Here follows a selection:[12]
- 1993: First Prize, Mother Jones Foundation
- 1994: First Prize, Mexico at Crossroads, University of Munich, Germany
- 1996: Masterclass, World Press Photo
- 2000: Fotopres '01 – La Caixa Foundation[19]
- 2001: W. Eugene Smith Grant[20]
- 2003: Guggenheim Fellowship[16][21]
- 2004: System Nacional de Creators
- 2010: Prince Claus Award[4]
- 2015 Impulso Morelia Prize[16]
Bibliography
edit- 1994: Tierra negra: fotografías de la Costa Chica en Guerrero y Oaxaca, México, El Milagro
- 2006: Plaza de la Soledad, Lunwerg, Spain, ISBN 978-8497852722
- 2006: Good Girls, Umbrage Editions, ISBN 9781884167621
References
edit- ^ "Maya Goded". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Magnum Photos – Portfolio – Biography Maya Goded". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Maya Goded | Magnum Consortium". www.magnumconsortium.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Maya Goded – Prince Claus Fund". princeclausfund.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Maya Goded. Sexoservidoras 1995–2000 | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía". Museo Reina Sofia. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "8 fotógrafas mexicanas que la están rompiendo a nivel mundial". Vogue Mexico (in Mexican Spanish). 6 July 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ d'Arles, Les Rencontres. "Maya Goded". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Women Bylines Mexico: 'People Like Carmen' by Maya Goded". Chime for Change (in Italian). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Las Olvidadas – The Forgotten Women – Photographs by Maya Goded". California Museum of Photography. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Una reina a su gusto". FICM. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ SDPnoticias.com. "Competirá el corto "Una reina a su gusto" en novena edición del FIC". SDPnoticias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b World Press Photo, biography Archived 18 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Sundance 2016 Women Directors: Meet Maya Goded — 'Plaza de la Soledad'". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Plaza de la Soledad, retrieved 22 April 2020
- ^ Rezayazdi, Soheil (31 January 2016). "Photographer turned Filmmaker Maya Goded Talks Sundance Doc Plaza de la Soledad". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Hopewell, John (1 November 2015). "Mexico: Up Next! – Maya Goded". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "plaza-de-la-soledad". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Gasiorowski, Dominika. "Representing Prostitutes in Mexico City: Marginality in the Photographs of Maya Goded". nomadit.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Maya Goded". ILEX Photo. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "2001 Maya Goded". W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Maya Goded Colichio". Retrieved 22 April 2020.