A staged yet eerily naturalistic photograph that captures a young man bathed in dramatic, cinematic light against the mundane backdrop of an everyday interior. DiCorcia orchestrated the scene by hiring the subject, a male hustler, for the exact amount stated in the title, blurring the boundaries between documentary photography and constructed fiction. The work challenges notions of exploitation, intimacy, and exchange, while the cool, precise lighting transforms a fleeting transactional encounter into something hauntingly timeless.