MIRIAMCABRERA
RESILIENT REBOUNDS
Photography featured on International Women’s Day in the Muhammad Ali Shining a Light: Women in Sports Exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky.
As a part of Women’s History Month as well as the Muhammad Ali Center’s prestigious 10th annual international photography contest. The photograph will be showcased alongside other remarkable works, celebrating the power and resilience of women in sports. The opening reception was on March 8th, 2024, at the Muhammad Ali Center. The exhibition will remain open, its closure is on January 12th, 2025.
ADDRESS:
144 N. Sixth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
DESCRIPTION:
Diamond McDowell gets the rebound, the AU Trojans score, and the team's bench cheers!
Although the Breast Cancer Awareness game is the women's basketball team's most popular game, the stands never quite fill up like the men's basketball games do. The WBB hype men (or women) are in fact each other. The coach is male, the ref's are male, the sponsors are male. In a male dominated industry, the women's team hardly gets covered like the men's games do. There's always more photographers on the sidelines for the men's team. It's important to represent women in sports, especially when they score more and break more records than the men's team does. Until recently, the Pink Out game was the only one photographers were asked to cover for our school's social media.
Women are asked to play through injuries and not complain, keep their emotions in check, be muscular–but not too much–, keep a smile, and often wear white uniforms regardless of menstrual cycles. They say to uplift other women, but also remember they're your competition. Mental health is hardly spoken about for student athletes, and the community who says they support women hardly show up in person.
Diamond McDowell has been ranked nationally multiple times and broke the SAC Tournament individual record and total rebound record for the 2022 season. Her talent among many others on the women's team goes unrecognized. Like beating breast cancer many women have to rebound in life regardless of the challenges they may face.
IVY LEAVES JOURNAL | VOLUME 99
Work featured in the Ivy Leaves Journal 2024.
These photographs were submitted and will be displayed in the printed version of the publication. In order from top left to bottom right, “NYC Woman”, “Lost in Creation”, “Shoes”, “Door”, and “103”.
RECEPTION:
April 23, 2024
5 - 7 pm
Chiquola | 100 W Whitner Street, Anderson, SC 29621
MARIONETTE COLLECTION
Work featured in the Ivy Leaves peristyle.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
A beautiful expression of emotions. Sending a message without speaking any words. Dance is an expression that’s contained. And occasionally, the soul breaks the mold. Much like dance, I grew up being asked to quiet my voice or stay in line. Art became my way of expression. As the daughter of immigrants, I found a way to utilize my passion for photography to communicate without language barriers.
In this series, I highlight the physicality of the human body breaking the mold. Following the rhythm of flow in the music. Expressing themselves through the movement of their body, representing what is felt in the heart and mind. Saying a lot, without saying anything at all.
IVY LEAVES JOURNAL | VOLUME 98
Work featured in the Ivy Leaves Journal 2023.
These photographs were submitted and displayed in the printed version of the 2023 publication. In order from top left to bottom right “Introspection”, “Solace”, “Rainey New Orleans”, and “Ghost of Isabella”.