High contrast black & white challenge...seems to fit what America is going through...a very high contrast challenge. Maybe some bridges can be built.
This was one shot, cropped, inverted and flipped horizontally to create a second image, and then made into a 2-image collage. I'm sure there is an easier (?), better (?), more efficient (?) way to do this in PS using layers, but layers seems to be getting the best of me. My retention anytime I use them seems to be about a -10.
I am having the same problem with layers - but your technique works just fine and creates a striking image. I like that the two opposites came from the same 'mold' so to speak. There is a lesson in that too.