In pictures: New York’s strippers at home, work and play

Eva Zar’s ongoing photo series, God is a Stripper, celebrates the majesty, power and duality of the city’s striptease artists

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Jul 24, 2026 - 13:39
In pictures: New York’s strippers at home, work and play
Eva Zar, God is a Stripper

“Being a stripper is the purest form of performance,” says New York-based photographer Eva Zar. “You literally invent a version of yourself… a customer desires you, falls in love with you and spends money on you. It’s this interesting paradox where something that feels transcendent – this sexual, sacred saint of a woman – meets a very literal financial transaction.” 

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