Maybe it is all the titles, or maybe the focus is more on the books than the man, but my eye gets drawn to the books quickly - just an observation without declaring that wrong or right. It's a great environmental portrait. I wonder if you have another with the books slightly out of focus and the birthday boy in sharper relief, and I'd wonder if that would be as strong.
I rarely take second looks at portraits of people I don't know ... this image has something extra that persuades me to do so, and I wonder if not composition but the moment
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