Brenda Zlamany, portraitist, and Chuck Close, famous American artist, discuss the effects of various color backgrounds on the persona of the subject in each of the 20 color portraits included. The book is replete with portraits of Chuck Close, Evander Holyfield. Heavyweight Champion, and John Yau, New York Art Critic. An essay by John Yau considers how portraiture memorializes the person in the moment. Evander Holyfield's candid remarks about life and boxing are also compelling.