Goded was born in 1967 in
Mexico City. In 1993 she worked as an assistant to Mexican photographer
Graciela Iturbide. 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. 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. 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. 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.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. After this she concentrated on the making of documentary films. Her 2016 release film about ageing Mexican prostitutes,
Plaza de la Soledad (Loneliness Square), == Awards ==