emraphoto
Veteran
don't know about the favorite part but pretty cool stuff!
http://www.mvgphoto.com/portfolio/algerie/00algerie.html
http://www.mvgphoto.com/portfolio/algerie/00algerie.html
Not sure if anyone has mentioned here yet--just skimming--but Elinor Carucci is very good. An up-and-coming photographer. Not street photography--something more akin to portraiture and perhaps Nan Goldin, who is also of interest. http://www.elinorcarucci.com/
Other than that there are too many to mention and I'm sure everyone has seen Winogrand, Frank, et al.
Nobody has mentioned these yet :
Ragnar Axelson : 'Faces of the North' work in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes ( Leica M, Tri-x )http://www.rax.is/
i love his photo of the man along the coast. brilliant, powerful stuff.