This is a guy who was in the army in my unit. He had just completed a cross country motorcycle compitition. he reminded me a bit of Bill Brandt's photographs of miners in the Northeast of England. Or am I clutching at straws????
I also thought of Brandt (one of my faves) when I saw this. It does have a vintage look to it as it seems that we don't get our faces dirty much these days My only problem is that the guy in the background is just a bit too intrusive.