The Portrait Photographer's Manual

A practical and visual guide to portrait photography, structured around hands-on projects and profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed photographers, from Gordon Parks to LaToya Ruby Frazier. Authors Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson cover the full scope of the medium, from technique and experimentation to the evolving cultural role of the portrait.

Projects are designed to develop and challenge technique at every level, with inspirational profiles drawn from a wide range of photographic traditions and contexts. For photographers interested in portraiture as both a craft and a form of inquiry.