Corporate Portraits 
A corporate portrait is associated with a person or peoples' representing a respected position within a working business. The portrait should display a great insight into the person being photographed, what the business is about and also give a great perception to the intended client.
A great example of some powerful political portraits are from Platon's 'Portraits of Power'. A detailed description about the shoot is detailed on the below website;
All of Platon's images convey a strong aesthetic, displaying a distinctive use of the large format camera. The high majority of his sitters have been photographed from a low viewpoint thus giving the audience a feel of their authority and power!
When I think of strong portraits from the past my thoughts lure towards the works of August Sander (1876-1964) whose methods of portraiture have been described in a way to document and categorise humanity. I feel that there is a definite cross over between corporate and environmental portraiture within the majority of his images.
Candid Portraits
Are simply portraits of people who are completely unaware that you are taking a photograph of them, I'd say its very much like being a stalker in some weird kind of way, like the papparazi!
A great example of a photographer who is well known for just taking random photographs of people on the streets is Joel Meyerowitz, he greats himself as a street photographer on the below documentary, a very informative insight into his personal hints and tips on how to blend in on the streets and take fantastic street portrait photographs without hopefully the photographed not feeling threatened by your presence -
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