Sometimes, lack of tonality can actually ADD to the aesthetic. Here, it surely does and I embrace this photo. Less tells more here and the 'excess' contrast is welcomed as adding towards 'reading into' the image.
This is the kind of photo that forces me to love film and its virtues; it is almost like a charcoal drawing. - David Lyga
'Subject, composition, method results - superb. Its a composition that could be done many ways & each would be good. On my monitor, there's a light cast of sepia, which adds to the impression of a historic shot.