I appreciate what is happening here--the silence between the stuffy business guy and the guy with Cons on--but the background actually feels "noisy" to me.

I like the interaction between the two

Beautiful Shot. Man on the right looking right side seems much of he is bored. Dont have anything to do while the man on left is quite attached to the newspaper which he needs silence. And he is silent. You know how crappy you get when you are bored. Can't be silent at all.. if you want to stay there for a while. I doubt much of a composition. I think the picture is taken too close. You should have tried taking the picture a little far showing more of the environment leaving the subject to left. So the bored man can have a lot more to observe on the right to be silent! beautiful show anyways. i love the bw.

I love this!
Excellent rendering of the duality between those two characters, and beautiful light.