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An excerpt from Legend Has It, prose by Enrique Garcia Naranjo

Photography by Maya Goded from the series, Tierra Negra (Black Earth)

Dior Magazine - No. 25

Model: Carolina Rodriguez for @Escaramuza Charra Rayenari

MAYA GODED: “Plaza de la Soledad” (Spanish)

The new documentary Plaza de la Soledad is an artistic rumination on aging that presents interwoven stories of different low-income Mexican women who are in their golden years. Although the stories told by each of these women vary, what they all have in common is they are facing their later years as prostitutes. The documentary offers an unflinching and intimate examination of everyday life for these women who seldom have a voice and are often judged harshly.

Plaza de la Soledad is the first feature by photographer Maya Goded, who has an uncanny ability to show images that resonate because of their empathy. Unlike many of the films that showcase prostitution as a seedy endeavor that perhaps only appeals to those who are victims or worse, those who choose the profession and are regarded as deviants, Goded goes beyond stereotypical accounts and finds what lies beneath all these women. She has a shorthand with all her subjects that she developed during her 20-year career as a photographer, showing images that debunk myths about prostitution. In her documentary, Goded is able to go beyond by not only showing what these lives are like but also presenting the complexity in these women’s lives, their concerns about aging, their thoughts on sexuality and their beauty.

Full Review: https://indieethos.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/plaza-de-la-soledad/