Monochrome Editorial Portrait

Use the uploaded reference image as the ABSOLUTE SCENE, COMPOSITION, POSE, LIGHTING, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE. Recreate the photograph with maximum possible visual fidelity and zero creative reinterpretation. The final image must look like an authentic high-end DSLR photograph captured in-camera, not an AI-generated image.

SUBJECT & IDENTITY:
A young adult male seated/leaning in a relaxed portrait pose, shown from approximately mid-torso upward. Preserve the original facial identity exactly from the reference. Maintain the exact facial proportions, head shape, forehead, cheek structure, jawline, chin, nose anatomy, lips, eyebrows, ears, natural facial asymmetry, skin texture, pores, beard/stubble distribution, hairline, and all unique identifying characteristics. Preserve the same apparent age and natural expression. No beautification, facial reconstruction, symmetry correction, or identity alteration.

If a separate image labeled [MY FACE] is provided, replace ONLY the facial identity with [MY FACE]. Keep the original hairstyle, head orientation, facial expression, body, clothing, pose, accessories, lighting, and every environmental element unchanged.

HAIR:
Dense, naturally curly/wavy dark hair with substantial volume, slightly tousled organic curls, individual strands visibly defined. Preserve the exact hair silhouette, curl direction, hairline, volume, texture, and placement from the reference. Realistic strand-level detail with natural highlights and deep shadow separation.

FACE & EXPRESSION:
Three-quarter/profile-oriented view facing toward the right side of the frame. Head slightly turned away from camera. Relaxed, composed expression with a subtle closed-mouth expression and calm gaze directed toward the right. Preserve the exact head tilt, eye direction, mouth position, jaw tension, cheek definition, and facial expression of the reference. Sunglasses partially obscure the eyes but do not alter the underlying facial structure.

FACIAL HAIR & SKIN:
Natural short beard/stubble concentrated around the jaw, chin, sideburn region, and lower cheeks. Preserve realistic density variations and individual facial-hair texture. Natural skin with visible fine pores and subtle tonal variation; no plastic skin, excessive smoothing, artificial glow, or beauty retouching.

EYEWEAR:
Rectangular/angular rimless or minimally framed dark gradient sunglasses with slim dark temples. Sunglasses sit naturally across the bridge of the nose at the same angle as the reference. Preserve lens dimensions, frame geometry, position, reflections, transparency, gradient darkness, and perspective exactly. Subtle environmental/light reflections are visible across the lenses.

CLOTHING:
Loose white/off-white long-sleeve button-up shirt with a soft lightweight fabric appearance. Shirt collar is open and relaxed, with the upper buttons undone, creating a natural open neckline. Preserve every visible button, seam, fold, crease, fabric weave, sleeve position, collar shape, and drape. The shirt is naturally wrinkled rather than perfectly pressed. Bright fabric highlights contrast against deeper folds and shadows.

ACCESSORIES:
A thin, understated chain necklace visible around the neck and upper chest. On the raised wrist/forearm is a large round analog wristwatch with a metallic-looking bezel, detailed circular dial, dark strap, and realistic glass reflections. Preserve the exact watch placement, orientation, proportions, strap appearance, dial detailing, highlights, and shadows.

POSE & BODY POSITION:
Relaxed seated/leaning posture. The subject's torso is angled naturally while the head turns toward the right. One arm is raised and bent across the upper/right portion of the composition, with the forearm extending toward the right edge. The opposite arm descends toward the lower-left portion of the frame. The visible hand on the raised arm hangs naturally downward with relaxed fingers. Preserve the exact elbow position, shoulder angle, wrist rotation, hand orientation, finger spacing, torso inclination, and body geometry from the reference.

COMPOSITION & FRAMING:
Vertical portrait composition, approximately 3:4 aspect ratio. Subject occupies most of the frame, with the head positioned in the upper-left/upper-central region and the raised arm extending toward the right edge. Crop closely around the body while retaining the visible shirt, forearm, wristwatch, and hand. Maintain the exact relative scale of the head, torso, arm, and background. No repositioning, recentering, additional negative space, or alternate crop.

CAMERA:
Professional full-frame DSLR/mirrorless photographic look. Approximately 50–70mm portrait focal length, around 60mm equivalent, producing natural facial perspective with mild portrait compression and no obvious wide-angle distortion. Camera positioned approximately at upper-chest/eye-level perspective relative to the subject. Medium-close portrait framing. Straight photographic geometry with subtle natural lens characteristics.

FOCUS & DEPTH:
Primary focus on the subject's face, sunglasses, hair, and upper torso. Natural optical depth of field with the subject remaining sharply resolved while the background falls into gentle softness. Hair curls, beard texture, shirt fabric, sunglasses edges, watch details, and hand contours retain realistic micro-detail. Avoid artificial computational sharpening.

LIGHTING:
Soft directional natural-looking light entering predominantly from the upper/front-right side of the scene, producing bright highlights across the white shirt, forehead, nose bridge, cheek, hair curls, and raised forearm while creating controlled shadows on the opposite facial side, under the hair, around the jaw, collar, and shirt folds. Strong but diffused monochrome illumination. Preserve the reference's exact highlight-to-shadow relationships, including the bright right-side wall and darker facial/hair regions.

SHADOWS & HIGHLIGHTS:
Natural directional shadows with smooth transitions rather than hard studio edges. Deep blacks in the hair and sunglasses balanced against luminous white shirt highlights. Preserve subtle shadow gradients beneath the chin, around the neck, inside shirt folds, beneath the raised arm, and between individual curls. Highlights on the sunglasses and wristwatch must remain physically plausible.

BACKGROUND & ENVIRONMENT:
Minimal indoor setting with a light-colored textured wall behind the subject. Background contains subtle vertical/ridged fabric-like or plaster-like texture and gentle tonal variations. No visible distracting objects, decorations, text, logos, scenery, or additional people. Preserve the exact uncluttered environment and background texture.

COLOR & TONAL TREATMENT:
Strict black-and-white monochrome photography. No color information. Rich grayscale tonal range from deep blacks in the hair and sunglasses through mid-gray facial tones to bright whites in the shirt and illuminated wall. High tonal separation while retaining skin and fabric detail. Sophisticated editorial monochrome grading, natural contrast, slightly cinematic tonal depth, clean highlights, controlled blacks, and realistic silver/gray transitions.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER:
High-end editorial portrait photography with authentic DSLR optics. Extremely realistic skin microtexture, individual hair strands, natural beard texture, realistic cotton fabric, physically accurate reflections in sunglasses and watch glass, natural hand anatomy, realistic folds and material response. Subtle organic film-like grain only at pixel level. Mild natural sensor texture and restrained HDR-like dynamic range without an artificial HDR appearance.

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Natural lens rendering, subtle edge softness, realistic highlight roll-off, gentle tonal bloom around the brightest illuminated areas, physically plausible reflections, accurate perspective, and minimal optical distortion. No exaggerated bokeh, no fake lens flare, no excessive chromatic aberration, no motion blur. Preserve the still-photograph character and crisp subject detail.

IMAGE QUALITY:
8K UHD, extremely high resolution, maximum micro-detail, professional DSLR quality, realistic dynamic range, high native sharpness, finely resolved hair strands and fabric fibers, natural skin pores, physically plausible light transport, realistic shadow density, accurate material textures, subtle photographic grain, clean tonal transitions, authentic camera exposure, realistic white balance, professional monochrome post-processing.

FINAL INSTRUCTION:
Reproduce the reference image SAME-TO-SAME. Treat the uploaded reference as the absolute blueprint. Do not invent, remove, redesign, beautify, stylize, modernize, exaggerate, or reinterpret any element. Preserve the exact subject identity, pose, facial expression, hairstyle, clothing, accessories, framing, camera perspective, lighting direction, shadows, highlights, background, tonal composition, and photographic atmosphere. The result must be indistinguishable in visual structure from a genuine photograph captured under the same conditions.

Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.