{"id":10,"date":"2020-11-20T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyujournalismprojects.org\/workers2020\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-12-10T18:25:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:25:33","slug":"the-poser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nyujournalismprojects.org\/workers2020\/the-poser\/","title":{"rendered":"THE POSER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By: Ike Wilson<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Part 1:\u00a0March 2020: Right Before Lockdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabe Hernandez is a performing artist and nude figure model based in Jersey City, NJ. In March 2020, mere days before the coronavirus lockdown, Ike Wilson interviewed Hernandez about his figure modeling work. (Artwork of Hernandez can be found on his <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sloppi_chulo\/\">Instagram<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account. Note: NSFW.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE POSER PT. 1 by NYU JOURNALISM\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F944163736&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Poser Gabe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21Qy08ZFYQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabe Hernandez photographed by Ike Wilson in Jersey City and Brooklyn, March 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Part 2:\u00a0October 2020: 7+ Months Into the Pandemic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October 2020, Wilson caught up with Hernandez to ask about how the pandemic had changed both his professional and personal lives. As it turns out, Hernandez had done *some* virtual posing sessions, but most of his nude modeling work had been for his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlyfans.com\/sloppi_chulo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OnlyFans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> subscribers (note: NSFW). Overall, however, Hernandez was spending most of his time caring for his three-year-old son Elias.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/09\/style\/onlyfans-porn-stars.html\">OnlyFans<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>,<\/strong> a pay-per-view adult subscription platform, reported a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/people-are-creating-onlyfans-accounts-after-losing-jobs-during-pandemic-2020-6\">75% uptick<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in model signups in April, signaling a wave of people looking to earn money from posting nude or pornographic content.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many creators joined the site as a way to earn income after losing their jobs due to the pandemic.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demand for virtual sex services has skyrocketed during the pandemic. (Porn views also generally <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/porn-views-have-increased-worldwide-since-onset-of-covid-19-2020-3\">increased<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during lockdown.) In mid-August, <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/onlyfans-sex-work-industry-quarantine-demand-2020-8\">250,000 people<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were creating OnlyFans accounts &#8212; as either users or creators &#8212; every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE POSER PT. 2 by NYU JOURNALISM\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F944163733&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These pieces are produced and narrated by Ike Wilson. They are hosted by Aala Abdullahi and feature music from Justnormal and Pandaraps. Special thanks to Gabe Hernandez, Momina Mindeel, and Rayner Ramirez\u2019s Fall 2020 Advanced Multimedia class at NYU Journalism School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"text-header-xs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-215 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nyujournalismprojects.org\/workers2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Grovo-headshots-Photo-credit-Nicola-Bailey-382-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><em class=\"font-weight-regular\"><span class=\"font-weight-light\">Ike Wilson is a writer and producer from California. Based in New York since 2011, he worked in education tech as an instructional designer and video producer before moving into journalism. He loves telling interview-based multimedia stories about culture, entertainment, and sports.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ike Wilson Part 1:\u00a0March 2020: Right Before Lockdown Gabe Hernandez is a performing artist and nude figure model based in Jersey City, NJ. 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