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Roman has been an OnlyFans creator since they were 18 and hopes to promote positive and safe environments for women to work in the sex industry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Place: Vincent Alban<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-1800x1197.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_02-640x426.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Master Glover poses for a portrait in an Extended Stay hotel room in Greece, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 2022. Glover was shot eight times on July 20, 2022, and now needs to use a walker for an injury to his left leg. He spent 20 days in the hospital, where he says that he felt mistreated as if he was a throwaway case. He is living at the hotel for peace and quiet while he is recovering. \u201cI am still trying to figure that out,\u201d says Glover. &#8220;Obviously for me to get shot eight times like I did; I know I definitely have to have a purpose because I&#8217;m still here. So hopefully one day God shows me that purpose and I see it. I mean, right now, my purpose is just trying to heal and be there for my son.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Place: Maya Giron<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-1800x1198.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_03-640x426.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fawna (she\/they), 21, or Nathan Cobbs (he\/they) while out of drag, is a drag queen performer originally from Washington D.C. She came to Rochester in 2019 to attend University of Rochester and is now a fourth year studio arts and art history double major set to graduate in 2023. Outside of working on her senior thesis she performs in drag at multiple locations throughout Rochester including Photo City Music Hall, Roar, and Bug Jar. She has also performed at numerous locations in New York City as well as Washington D.C. \u201cWhen I first started it was sort of just utilizing myself as a medium I guess\u2026one as an extension of gender but also an extension of my own creative expression,\u201d says Fawna. \u201cIt\u2019s an extension of myself.\u201d Fawna is non-binary and feels her take on drag to be more alternative and strays from the traditional drag appearance. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m never really going for a hyper-fem type of vibe\u2026I feel like the way I present it just wouldn\u2019t mesh\u2026But I think that sort of like [allows] me to present my take on femininity and not even just femininity but gender in a sort of way.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honorable Mention: Georgia Pressley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_04-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_04-640x361.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shayna Kiblin, a fiber and installation artist, sits for a portrait with her installation \u201cPillow Princess\u201d at the RIT City Art Space in Rochester, N.Y., on April 15, 2022. Kiblin\u2019s work focuses on themes around identity. \u201cPillow Princess\u201d specifically explores ideas about lesbianism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honorable Mention: Vincent Alban<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-1198x1800.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-798x1200.jpg 798w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-426x640.jpg 426w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/POR_05-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cashmere Poole, 14, poses for a portrait outside his home in Rochester, N.Y., on Feb. 12, 2023. His tattoo, \u201cDramma,\u201d is meant to honor his older cousin, Jamma Balkum, who was killed in a shooting on Aug. 30, 2021. Poole was close to Balkum, as they lived together after Balkum was released from prison in 2021, following a 6-year-sentence for a gun charge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Place: Maya Giron<br \/>\nSecond Place: Vincent Alban<br \/>\nThird Place: Maya Giron<br \/>\nHonorable Mention: Georgia Pressley<br \/>\nHonorable Mention: Vincent Alban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,13],"tags":[172,163],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2023whatwedo","category-contests","tag-maya-giron","tag-vincent-alban","no-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5495,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions\/5495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/nppa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}