Daido Moriyama

Moriyama’s style of photography can be described as subjective documentary, and you can see his great work here.

Interview:

At work:

Nobuyoshi Araki

It’s hard to define what Araki is up to. A little bit of everything and a lot of bondage maybe, but few photographers are as versatile and knowledgeable as the crazy japanese.

If you would like to see more videos of Araki, I can strongly recommend to watch “Arakamentari” (and here is the trailer):

Ralph Gibson

Next photographer in line is Ralph Gibson (take a look at his work here).
The interview can also be found at photoinduced.com, which also feature an interview with Elliott Erwitt that I will link when I’ve got more time (on holiday at the moment). Anyway, here is Ralph Gibson:

Bill Brandt

You might have to look at Bill Brandt right away, such a defining photographer and such a sweet character.

Careers in photography (1946)

Here is a good reminder on what has changed and what has remained the same in photography, the last 40 years. Good fun to watch, and be sure to check out the web-page you’re getting redirected to (a lot of interesting and fun stuff).

Tomas van Houtryve in North-Korea

Interesting interview with American/Belgian photographer Tomas van Houtryve, who went undercover as a Belgian chocolate-maker in order to penetrate the secretive nation of North-Korea. Listen to his fascinating tale at BBC world service here, and take a look at his website here.
The pictures from the North-Korea can be found on his website, or use this direct link at Foreign Policy here. I have also added his blog to my blogroll that can be found on the left hand side of my blog.

Update:
interesting documentary about North-Korea: