Location: between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality: Puerto Rican
Biography:
Based between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico Gabriella (they/them) is a queer visual artist, documentary storyteller, and diarist based between New Haven, CT and San Juan, Puerto Rico. They focus on documenting intimate subjects:...
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Focus:Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Writer, Fine Art, Illustrator, Photo Assistant, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Creative, Photography, Art, Social Media Editor, National Desk, Arts & Culture, Freelance, Assignments, Artist, Multidisciplinary Artist, Graphic Designer, Multimedia Designer, Multimedia Journalist, Editing, Storyteller, Long Form Reporter, Print Journalism, Creator, Visual Journalist, Visual Storyteller
Akila, 22, sex worker, uses the timer tool on her phone to make images and videos that she then sells to her clients. To protect her images and videos, she embeds the name of her client in content.
Akila, 22, sex worker, make images and videos that she then sells to her clients. She is hoping to create alliances with other sex workers to gestate resources, support networks, and funding for health programs and housing, among others.
The empty road and front doors of the adult entertainment club District in Santurce, Puerto Rico and a bus stop promotion of another club, Lips. Due to Covid-19 shutdowns and curfew.
Akila’s lingerie and exotic dancer clothes on her bed as she prepares to create content for her followers and clients. Working at strip clubs, Akila and other sex workers face physical risks, risks that don’t exists creating digital content.