Portraiture is one of the most enduring and compelling of photographic genres. Above all others, it signifies a relationship between the photographer and the subject that is not explicit in other genres. What is common to all portrait photographs is a situational element. In portrait photography, the presence of the photographer photography, supported and illuminated by iconic portraits, in combination with practical assignments that enables the student to explore, in a way that is both structured and experimental, the realities of taking photographs of human subjects.