Got to take part in a recreation photoshoot recently. We were recreating shots from a NY Times Magazine article featuring a famous actress... We were lucky to have a photographer with us who was at the actual shoot and was able to give us great insight in the behind the scenes activities and set-ups.
Feel free to comment and critique...
One of the wonderful things about seeing a great black and white is when the image has a lot of contrast between the black and the white.
One of the things I feel these images suffer from is they look very grey and flat in the skin tones. A bit of a play with the curves may help a lot.