Some of the most exciting and excruciating things in life happen on the streets.

As cameras have gotten smaller and cheaper in the past few decades, we’ve seen an explosion in photos taken quickly and unstaged, that now inhabit every minute of our waking life. But there has always been, and still remains, the photographers that capture and record those unscripted moments, in all the chaos, or disquiet; some try and decode what everyday life is, others just throw themselves into the grime and the heat, and bring a little back in their photos.

In honour of such people, we profile a small pool of our favourite photographers who shot the streets best.