Portraits inspired by Sander

I have also attempted some portraiture work because Sander is most recognised for these sort of images. I have adopted the straight forwardness that his images have, black and white style, and my person looks straight into the lens of the camera. In most of his images he has done the whole bodies of the people he photographs, I have done this but also have tried some head and shoulder shots. I will compare them with similar images from Sander. In the images I have photographed the same person multiple times wearing different clothes from day casual wear, school clothes and nightwear. Here are my outcomes...

In this image I captured the whole of the persons body in the composition. I think the window helps to create the sense of night time/ context. I have used the bedroom as my background, as the person is a teenager, and normally at this age this room is their 'sanctuary'. 

The person had just come in from school, so I set up my camera in a similar position to the previous images ad photographed her in the state she had walked into the house with. I had to add an extra light on the right as it had just become a bit darker outside, therefore the room lacked natural light. I find this camera position (with the whole body in view) helps to draw emphasis on the persons clothes. I would need to take this state again as it is a little out of focus. 

In this image is the same clothing/ state but I have shot a head and shoulder shot, like Sander did occasionally. This takes the emphasis away from the clothes slightly and onto the persons facial features. Again I have used the same extra light on the right. I think the clock in the image also helps to pull in context for the viewer, as well as the window. 

I have attempted to use the flash on my camera in this image, I don't think this has worked as well because Sander didn't use flash in his portraiture. So if I were to carry on with the portraits, I would only use natural light, and depending on the time of day and extra light already in the room. 

The dog in this image, again adds more context, and also gives viewers more of an idea into the life and personality of the person captured. Weirdly I was able to get the dog to look into the lens of the camera to adopt Sanders straight on approach. Again it is a little out of focus. 

In Sanders images I noticed he tended to drop a little information out of the background, so a little context is known, this is what I wanted to adopt in this image. Again I have used an extra light on the right.