KW: How did you light the set? It's a very moody shoot, I like it! TR: Thank you. I appreciate the compliment. It is a mix of flash and available light. With this technique I control the degree of drama/moodiness that I want or don't want. It gives me total freedom, I light almost everything, and I just feel that I can express my ideas better that way. When I light a certain way it is for a certain reason and not a random decision that might get changed later on. It is an artistic statement! In these present times when retouching and fixing bad lighting in post-production have become daily protocol one of the most important pillars of photography light has become a step-child. Can you believe it?! Probably I'll get some heat for these statements but I don't care because I feel very passionate about it. There you go, you found your Renegade, haha. You take a bunch of photographers,

make them light their sets and that for starters will separate the boys from the men, or with all due respect if you prefer the girls from the women. KW: What made you come up with the idea for the shoot? TR: Well, initially an article that I read probably eight month ago in the New York Times triggered it. The topic was very intriguing because it described a decadent party-scene in front of the backdrop of Wall Street, the first financial bailout still under the old administration. As an artist/photographer I see myself more as an observer and not so much as somebody who judges everything immediately from a moral point of view. Since its release I was always a huge fan of Oliver Stone's movie "Wall Street" and I always wanted to shoot there. The Financial District made New York to what it is in the world.

The variety of architecture is amazing - churches and temples of power - inspired by Renaissance Palazzos, Gothic Cathedrals, Greek and Roman Temples switching from Art Deco and modernist-movements of the 20ies and 30ies to post-modern office buildings. Very impressive, particularly if you take in consideration that the area is not that big! When the Financial World broke down