Today's street style photographers might come a dime a dozen on the web, but before this style of photography became in vogue, photographer Ben Watts was roaming New York in the 90s in search of eclectic personalities to shoot. Unlike many photographers who turn their lenses to stylish pedestrians wearing ultra-styled looks, Watts’ street subjects were raw, authentic, and the antithesis of high fashion. In his latest book, Lickshot, Watts revisits his passion for diverse subcultures with a collage of images taken over the years of skaters, hip-hop heads and surfers. “I get off on things that have a hard edge to them,” says Watts via phone from Ibiza, where he's on an assignment shooting for UK High Street clothing store Next. We talked to him about his distinct style, the separate set of issues that comes with shooting celebrities, and his plans for taking his career to the next level.

Photographer Lyle Owerko will go down in history as having taken one of the most lasting images in the history of photography, but by all intents and purposes, he wishes that wasn't the case. The photo in question blazes across the cover of Time Magazine's best selling issue ever, released just days after the attacks of September 11th. Owerko is a peaceful traveler, whose camera is his one, trusted companion. Together, they catalogue and capture a world of contrasts, at once industrial and natural, beautiful and tragic. I spoke to Owerko, whose latest project is a series on tunnels, about how a point and a click can transcend art.

Legendary fashion designer Christian Lacroix is giving back to his hometown this summer. Lacroix will be this year’s guest curator for the 39th edition of "Rencontres de Photographie d'Arles," a summer photography exhibit that runs from July 8 through until September 14 in Arles, France. While Lacroix hasn’t returned to his hometown in nearly nine years, in an interview with Le Journal des Arts, he said, “Arles is a city you do things for notwithstanding, and one I keep coming back to."

A sneak peek at life on the road with Michael Stipe, from David Belisle’s candid photo book R.E.M.: HELLO.

“I love these two photographs side by side because they look like one shot with a ghost reflection. This is the Eurostar, and from the cityscape outside it looks like we had just pulled out of Waterloo Station. I always thought it was a little insulting that the French arrive in London to... Waterloo. Ouch.

American documentary photographer Peter Beste is a good-looking guy, an everyman. He has blondish hair. All the more remarkable then, that he was able to ingratiate himself into the hyper-violent, ultra-exclusive Norwegian Black Metal subculture. For the last eight years, Beste has chronicled the group, known for its ties to Satanism, punk, slasher movies, violent outbreaks, arson, Pagan mythology, and man makeup. To celebrate the release of his first book, True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice Books, out today), the Steven Kasher Gallery has unveiled an exhibition of the same name, featuring 30 haunting photographs that depict scenes of fire-breathing, excessive bleeding, and really scary painted faces. These kids are definitely not alright. (Just kidding, guys. You're great. Please don't hurt me.)