The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 13, 2025
The Copa Club, Port-au-Prince
1983, printed later
(American, b. 1942)
Image: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The Copa Club in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was a brothel.Description
When Danny Lyon arrived in Haiti in 1983, he began by photographing at the Copa Club, a brothel, and other clubs on the same road. “I sat and drank and left a Leica on the table like a calling card,” he wrote. “The women who work in the clubs are mostly Dominicans living there for months at a time who then fly home to their families in the Dominican Republic.” He photographed them during their moments of leisure, bathing or resting or chatting among themselves.- {{cite web|title=The Copa Club, Port-au-Prince|url=false|author=Danny Lyon|year=1983, printed later|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.78