Yes, I applaud your choice of black and white, although I don't usually go for this effect. It works so well here because of the age of the subject and also the angle...it's hard to describe and I'm getting in deeper and deeper, so I'll just say, "Good job." :)
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web." Pablo Picasso