Williamson is an award-winning photographer who specializes in stylized black-and-white portraiture. In this complete book, the skills, insight and techniques he uses to create his unique, highly charged, thematic portraits are detailed from conception to completion. In each of 20 workshop sections he discusses the source of his inspiration, his plan for creating the image, and the lighting, camera and darkroom techniques he used. Lighting and compositional diagrams as well as variations on the final portrait show how the image progressed as gestures, poses, props and techniques were changed. Comprehensive and complete.