Irving penn

Irving penn recreation using black and white negative film and natural light only. - Window. The use of a reflector wall on the right of the image and a table for George to rest his arm on. The image on the left by Irving penn is- Truman Capote, New York, 1965. 
This image was fun to set up and to get the right lighting, the background is dark on the left and light on the right, and the subject is light on the left and dark on the right making the image very contrasty and draw your eyes into the middle of the image. The lighting conditions create a sort of cross with light in opposite positions in relation to the background and foreground.