Urban edginess

[Moira]

I quite like this sort of "crispy" look for a male urban environmental portrait. How could I achieve something similar with my uploaded soor file? 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9dCpNqgw27/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Damien Symonds]

It's done with High Pass filter.

Duplicate the Background layer and change its blend mode to "Hard Light" (actually, all five modes from Overlay to Linear Light work in various ways).  Then go to Filter>Other>High Pass.  I estimate the look you want will be somewhere between 20 and 50.

[Moira]

Thank you. Would you do this before levels work, or at the end?

[Damien Symonds]

Honestly, it doesn't matter.  If it suits you, do all the Levels work first, then return to the Background layer and duplicate it then run the filter.