Refreshing take on the challenge. You know what strikes me when I first looked at this photo? It is how it resembles the works of JJBeguin - it's a compliment and I hope you're not offended. Anyway, back to the photo: I like the way the strong lines separated, or framed the person in it. I would prefer the person who got covered isn't so, but then I assumed this is not a staged shot so it was unavoidable. Overall, I liked the feeling of this shot - it has a "gangsta" sort of appearance to it.
perfect fulfillment of challenge. this is like the moment of creation, when nothingness is on the edge of becoming something... characters, a story. It all begins with the separation of light from darkness. We see Kaos staining the left side of the picture, and we see darkness pierced by divine shafts of white. smells like jjbeguin to me... 10
reminds me of italian movies of neo-realism era. nice feel. the problem, though is that the picture lacks action of any kind. just imagine, if the man upfront was turned with his face to men behind him, the shot would have so much more tension!