Sarah and I did this shoot over the weekend. I wasn't really sure what my goal was going into it. I knew the idea I wanted to get across was loneliness, I knew they were going to be b&w, and I knew we were going to use a few smoking-related props... Other than that I made it up as we went along.
I think each of them gets the point across in its own way... though I am not sure which does it best.
All but the last photo was lit with a bare SB600.