Nicely Done.Thanks for commenting.
Yes, the lovely Rolleicord’s Xenar lenses tend to give that look.
No story, really. I was in a part of the city dominated by hassidic jews, and the background was pleasing to me. Just a compositional play with the square format.
With the shadows, the man, the fire escape, his hat, and downward posture............it just made for a very unique looking photo

And then i guess there is something out of view we cannot see.
The shadow makes it look like he has his hand up to his face, but that obviously is not the case.
