I really try to let people's voices shine in my projects and take cues from whatever the person I'm photographing wants to do or feels comfortable with.
I think the way men or anybody really talks about strippers is either as agency-less victims that have to be saved or that we're sluts or whores.
Because the idea of the Strippers' Co-op is so much about empowerment and creating a strip show that's more democratic and free of the often oppressive structures of traditional clubs, it felt appropriate to create space for the dancer's voices to stand on their own, unfiltered.
Samanta paired these intimate portraits with photos of each person performing, both to provide a contrast to the portraits, but also to capture the different personalities performing.
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