Keep “tight fashion-editorial framing,” but replace “three-quarter view” with “front-facing close-up, eyes centered toward camera” and add “catchlight sharply visible in the lit eye, intense direct gaze.” Replace the softer “sharp etched facial texture” emphasis with “eyes and brow ridge rendered with maximum micro-contrast” so facial detail supports the expression.

Replace “Intense dramatic neo-noir atmosphere” with “clinical, austere, confrontational atmosphere,” and change “single hard rim light” to “cold overhead key light with a narrow vertical strip of illumination.” Keep “nearly pure black” on the shadow side, but replace “subtle film-grain finish” with “clean, almost textureless digital sharpness” for a less cinematic and more severe result.

Keep the structural phrases “high-contrast black-and-white low-key studio portrait,” “minimal black studio backdrop,” “single hard rim light,” “cinematic chiaroscuro,” and “fashion-editorial portrait photography.” Swap only “bald, bearded man” and “sharp etched facial texture” for a consistent subject template such as “older woman with cropped silver hair” and “etched cheekbone and expression detail,” then vary pose with replacements like “profile view” or “straight-on view.”