As far as automotive photography goes, I think Andy Wee is sick.
www.andywee.com
James Nachtwey (
http://jamesnachtwey.com/) is inspiring as hell. One of the greatest photojournalists ever. There is a really interesting documentary on him called War Photographer which I think has a general appeal because it is an eyewitness look at war and its prolonged effects, but is particularly interesting to photographers / journalists.
If you dont know his name, you will know his photos. Here are some of them...
Afghanistan, 1996 - Mourning a brother killed by a Taliban rocket.
South Africa, 2000 - Grandmother cared for young girl affected by HIV.
Guatemala, 1983 - Clergy traveled in military helicopters to the mass of
Pope John Paul II in the war zone.
Nicaragua, 1984 - Relic of civil war became a monument in a park
South Africa, 1992 - Xhosa young men in rite of passage.
Somalia, 1992 - Child starved by famine, a man-made weapon of mass
extermination.
Kosovo, 1999 - Ruins of Djacovica, destroyed by Serbs.
Rwanda, 1994 - Survivor of Hutu death camp.
Chechnya, 1996 - Ruins of central Grozny.