How does Scott Kivowitz’s method outperform in capturing loneliness in urban photography?

Subject choice with emotional subtext: A single guy on a stoop, or a lone bike in a normally crowded New York street. The subject is ordinary, but placed in a way that hints at isolation.

Use of black & white to strip distraction: Color is removed so you feel the emptiness and textures more than the bustle. Scott has written that color would “take away from the lonely feeling.”

Emphasis on texture and empty space: Bricks, trees, facades, and unusually empty streets are composed to surround the subject, making the city feel vast and uncaring.