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Artist Domingo Zapata’s work & celeb inspiration

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Artist Domingo Zapata works in his Bowery Hotel studio, where A-list stars come to play and pose. Alexandra Richards (daughter of Keith) sat for Zapata’s “Alex by the Window” at left. Rahav Iggy Segev
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Zapata snaps Kim Kardashian. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Zapata transforms his photos of Kim Kardashian into art. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Sofia Vergara is among Zapata’s fans. Getty Images
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Zapata and Vergara pal around. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Lindsay Lohan leaves the Bowery Hotel on September 20 carrying Zapata’s 5-year-old son Domingo after allegedly clipping a man while driving the artist’s Porsche. Daniel Shapiro
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This four-polaroid set, depicting Lohan as biblical Eve, sold for $100,000 in February. Zapata photographs his subjects barely clothed or nude, then paints over them. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Michelle Rodriguez sits for Zapata. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Model Ana Beatriz Barros poses for Zapata. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Carmelo Anthony and Tommy Hilfiger (not pictured) dueled over ownership rights of a Superman painting by Zapata. Zapata is going to paint Hilfiger a new one. WireImage
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Eva Longoria is a huge Zapata fan. Courtesy of Domingo Zapata
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Artist Domingo Zapata displays his tattoo of a woman he spotted at a Parisian cafe that he sketched and put in Pochahontas gear on his bicep. Rahav Iggy Segev
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A piece by Zapata. Rahav Iggy Segev
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A piece by Zapata. Rahav Iggy Segev