Not sure how many may have heard of him, but Eric Kim is a fun photographer to watch (and occasionally read). He shares a similar goal of “open source photography” as we do, but applies it more to the learning process (as opposed to software freedoms). I may try to contact him soon and see if we can help show him some neat things.
He recently wrote an ebook on shooting street portraits, and at the very least I thought some might find it interesting to read:
(via reddit/r/photography)